UN human rights chief Volker Turk urged an immediate return Tuesday to a ceasefire between Iran and the US as tensions escalate, warning that renewed hostilities are a “huge setback” for civilians and risk deepening regional instability, Anadolu reports. “It undermines peace efforts and deepens instability, with grave risks for human rights across the entire region,” Turk said in a statement. He said reported Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, reported US attacks against civilian infrastructure in Iran, and Iranian attacks against civilian objects in other countries in the region “must stop immediately.” Turk urged all parties to respect international humanitarian and human rights law, take all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian objects, and […]