Iran FM to address UN Human Rights Council

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will address the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday, a spokesman for the U.N.'s top rights body said.
Araghchi "will intervene in person... at the beginning of the council's afternoon meeting" at 1300 GMT, Pascal Sim told a press briefing. A U.N. spokeswoman added that Daniel Meron, Israel's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, would speak to reporters shortly beforehand.
AFP

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