United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
Emblem of the United Nations
Incumbent
Mai Sato
since July 2024
Inaugural holderAndrés Aguilar Mawdsley
Websitewww.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-iran

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a United Nations Special Rapporteur whose mandate is to monitor and investigate human rights violations in Iran. The current Special Rapporteur is Mai Sato. She is the seventh special rapporteur to Iran, following the tenures of Andrés Aguilar (1984–1986), Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (1986–1995), Maurice Copithorne (1995–2002),[1][2] Ahmed Shaheed (2011–2016),[3], Asma Jilani Jahangir (2016–2018)[4] and Javaid Rehman (2018−2024).

  1. ^ "New U.N. Human Rights Rapporteur for Iran". The Iran Primer. United States Institute of Peace. 20 June 2011.
  2. ^ Afshari, Reza (2011). Human Rights in Iran: The Abuse of Cultural Relativism. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. xvii–xviii. ISBN 978-0812221398.
  3. ^ "Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
  4. ^ "Appointment of Asma Jahangir | U.S. Virtual Embassy Iran". U.S. Virtual Embassy Iran. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-12-21.