The UN Special Rapporteur on Iran says the mandate of UN fact-finding mission goes beyond Iran’s human rights violations during 2022 protests crackdown.

In an interview with Iran International, Javaid Rehman revealed that one aspect of the UN's ongoing mission involves looking into the 1980s mass execution of political prisoners as well as minorities' rights.

He said the investigation is not limited to the regime's atrocities committed in the aftermath of Mahsa Amini's death last year that sparked a months-long uprising.

Human Rights Council established a fact-finding mission to investigate alleged violations of human rights in Iran following the mass protests that began in September 2022.

Rehman, in Australia for the first time as UN Special Rapporteur, said Iranian civil societies and dissidents have expressed concerns about the Iranian regime's behavior.Most notably, dissidents are concerned about the possibility that the regime might spy on them and “get revenge” on their families, particularly after taking part in solidarity protests in Australia.

Other countries share the same concern. Global News reported this month that Iranian dissidents in Canada live in fear of imminent harm from agents of the Islamic Republic.

However, Kazem Gharibabadi, the deputy head of the judiciary’s Human Rights Council, said last week that the regime does not recognize the UN’s committee that investigates alleged human rights violations in Iran.