United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
Incumbent
Mai Sato
since July 2024
Inaugural holderAndrés Aguilar Mawdsley
Websitewww.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-iran

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a United Nations Special Rapporteur whose mandate is to monitor and investigate human rights violations in Iran. The current Special Rapporteur is Mai Sato. She is the seventh special rapporteur to Iran, following the tenures of Andrés Aguilar (1984–1986), Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (1986–1995), Maurice Copithorne (1995–2002), Ahmed Shaheed (2011–2016), Asma Jilani Jahangir (2016–2018) and Javaid Rehman (2018−2024).