, April 17 -- This is the first time the complaint is addressed to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.

The complaint is an updated one, following recent developments, including the publication of documents in late February 2024 by a hacking group, which appear to reveal that several current and former BBC News Persian journalists were convicted in absentia by a court in Tehran in February 2022 for "propaganda against the Islamic Republic".

This comes after sanctions were imposed on Iranian officials by the UK and US in January this year for threats towards Iranian journalists in London.

The updated complaint was sent to five Special Procedures ma...