Although many sources present the situation as, "the police opened fire on innocent, peaceful protestors," public protests are banned, and according to the law, the protest was illegal. Of course, that isn't to say that any of this is necessarily fair. Many believe that Iran limits on human rights are completely unreasonable. In addition to the ban on public protests, it is criticized for it's excessive and undeserved political executions, restrictions on the press, and discrimination against women that is explicitly in written law.
Where's the UN?
As we've seen, the United Nations seems to talk about lofty ideal but never follows through with them. A general statement from an Iranian representative to the UN suggests that, more than an inert force, nations simply gather under the pretense that they are all working towards the same goal. A portion reads, "All of them [menaces to the international community], ranging from drugs, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, to injustice, poverty and environmental degradation have one common ingredient... They affect us all." Even Iran seems to acknowledge the problems in the world, many of which the country possesses, but it continues without change in policy. Still, the UN doesn't seem to take any action, and fronting a goal of peace works as well internationally as hopeful nations trying to change the world.
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