00:00is a UN referral realistic? This is genuinely uncertain, and no such vote has actually happened
00:06yet, despite some commentaries suggesting otherwise. A UN Human Rights Council mandated
00:12independent fact-finding mission on Iran has been documenting abuses, and it's plausible some
00:18countries will push for the issue to be raised at the UN General Assembly's session, which typically
00:23runs mid to late September, with its high-level segment in the final week. But any binding UN
00:29Security Council action would very likely be blocked. Russia and China are both permanent
00:33Security Council members and have historically shielded Iran from formal council censure,
00:38similar to how the US, UK, and France historically supported South Africa,
00:42via the veto for years before eventually allowing UN sanctions during apartheid.
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