UN High Commissioner is alarmed by reports of children being arrested in Iranian protests

The UN High Commissioner Volker Türk is alarmed by reports that children suspected of having participated in protests are being arrested at school.

Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief: "I’m alarmed by reports that even children suspected of having participated in protests are being arrested at school, hundreds of university students have been summoned for questioning, threatened, or suspended in part from entering university campuses."