Overview
- Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday it postponed the credentials ceremony for Iran’s ambassador-designate at the president’s residence.
- A departmental spokesperson said the move followed recent days in which very significant numbers of Iranians were killed or injured and communications were cut.
- Taoiseach Micheal Martin urged Tehran to end the repression and to respect the rights to peaceful protest and free speech.
- Protests that began in late December over economic hardship have persisted despite widespread internet and telephone shutdowns.
- Reporting varies on casualties, with the UN citing hundreds killed, an Iranian official telling Reuters the toll is around 2,000, and thousands reported detained.