UN tells Iran to fix water crisis, stop crackdown
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Geneva (AFP) July 23, 2021
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet told Iran on Friday to address with the chronic water shortage in Khuzestan province rather than use excessive force to crush protests. Bachelet warned that the "catastrophic" situation had been building up for many years and that "shooting and arresting people will simply add to the anger and desperation". "I am extremely concerned about the deaths and