EShe is the first UN Special Rapporteur to visit Iran in 17 years. Mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate the impact of unilateral coercive measures on respect for human rights, Belarusian Alena Douhan, professor of international law and director of the Center for Research on peace from the Belarusian State University, was in the Islamic Republic from May 7 to 18 to assess the weight of American sanctions on the country. Imposed by Donald Trump in May 2018, at the same time as the United States unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement, the American punitive measures have stifled the Iranian economy, the national currency having since lost nearly 90% of its worth…
