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UN chief says he is ‘shocked’ by violence in Iran, urges restraint
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is “shocked” by reports of violence against protesters in Iran and calls on the government to show restraint.
Guterres “is shocked by the reports of violence and excessive use of force by the Iranian authorities against protesters,” his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says in a statement, adding a call “to exercise maximum restraint and to refrain from unnecessary or disproportionate use of force.”
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