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  "id": 8022846,
  "title": "Iran protest crackdown amounted to crimes against humanity, UN mission says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/iran-protest-crackdown-amounted-to-crimes-against-humanity-un-mission-8022846",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T12:04:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/09/17/un-mission-says-iran-protest-crackdown-amounted-to-crimes-against-humanity/"
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  "summary": "A UN-backed fact-finding mission has said that the Iranian government's crackdown on the 2025-2026 protests involved gross violations that amounted to crimes against humanity. The crimes included “murder, imprisonment, torture and other inhumane acts committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack on civilians”, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said in its latest…",
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        "title": "U.N. experts say U.S. may have committed war crimes with 2 Iran strikes",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "UN-backed experts cite possible US war crimes in Iran strikes",
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