Nazanin Boniadi Instagram – At the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, I joined @Amnesty’s Iran researcher @bahreiniraha and the Executive Director and co-founder of @iranrights, Roya Boroumand, to hear the reports and the interactive dialogues of the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI). Raha gave a moving intervention on behalf of Amnesty. We also met with delegations from Asia, South America, Africa and Europe — including Germany’s Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Luise Amstberg, whose support we are very grateful for — to urge member states to vote in support of the extension of the mandate of the FFMI and renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran, which are distinct and complimentary mandates that are both necessary due to intensified crackdowns and rights abuses in Iran. We also encouraged sustained multinational efforts, beyond these votes, to hold the Islamic Republic authorities to account for their crimes against humanity. I also attended a powerful side event chaired by @nazaninajm, that platformed the voices of Iranian activists and brave survivors of the Islamic Republic’s brutalities. Even though Islamic Republic officials were present in full force, I left feeling empowered and inspired by the Iranian human rights community who stood staunchly on the side of justice, freedom and accountability. #WomanLifeFreedom lives on! #Iran #HumanRights #UN #unhrc