News Center _ Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, strongly condemned the threat of "complete destruction of a civilization" and the targeting of infrastructure such as power plants, water networks, and bridges, considering this a clear violation of international humanitarian law that may amount to war crimes.

She also expressed her appreciation for the more than one hundred international law professors in the United States who expressed similar concerns about these attacks. Sato questioned who pays the real price of the war, affirming: "We must say clearly that the Iranian people are the ones paying the price of this war." She added that Iranian citizens, simultaneously with external bombing, are facing widespread repression inside the country.

In her statements, she touched on the continuation of executions, including those of political activists and participants in popular protests, which places additional pressure on society, especially on political women prisoners.

In recent months, fears have escalated regarding the conditions of women such as Warisha Moradi, Bakhshan Azizi, and other political women prisoners who face harsh sentences or the risk of increased punishment, including execution.

Mai Sato warned that the effects of this war on the Iranian people will not stop when the attacks end, as people will face, in the post-war period, greater poverty, wider pressures, and fewer opportunities to access rights and justice.

She affirmed that an immediate halt to the war is necessary but insufficient to address the human rights crisis in Iran, stressing that the rights of the Iranian people must be the focus of any future diplomatic path.

These statements come at a time when human rights organizations had previously warned of the coincidence of military escalation with the tightening of internal repression in Iran.