World Economic Forum boots Iranian foreign minister from Davos summit amid deadly crackdown on protesters

The World Economic Forum (WEF) connected Monday withdrew an invitation for Iran’s overseas curate to be the Davos acme successful Switzerland aft an advocacy radical urged it to barroom Iranian authorities officials amid nationwide anti-government protests that person near thousands dead.

In a station connected X, the WEF confirmed that Abbas Araghchi would not beryllium permitted to be the five-day event.

"Although helium was invited past fall, the tragic nonaccomplishment of lives of civilians successful Iran implicit the past fewer weeks means that it is not close for the Iranian authorities to beryllium represented astatine Davos this year," the enactment said. 

The announcement comes aft the advocacy radical United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) sent a missive to WEF President Børge Brende connected Friday, urging him to rescind the invitation and barroom Iranian authorities officials from attending amid a brutal crackdown connected civilians.

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World Economic Forum motion is seen connected the Congress Centre hosting the yearly WEF gathering connected its opening time successful Davos, Switzerland, connected Jan. 19, 2026. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

UANI CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace welcomed the decision, telling Fox News Digital successful a connection aft Araghchi’s invitation was withdrawn: "UANI commends the World Economic Forum for revoking the invitation of Iran’s Foreign Minister from this year’s gathering successful Davos. Iranian authorities representatives should not beryllium platformed astatine planetary events fixed their crimes against the Iranian radical and their agelong past of supporting terrorism."

Iran is presently facing nationwide anti-government protests that person drawn a convulsive effect from information forces and placed increasing unit connected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), which tracks quality rights violations successful Iran, said connected Sunday that nationwide protests continued into the 22nd time arsenic President Donald Trump weighs imaginable U.S. subject action.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a associated property league aft signing an Egypt-backed statement to resume atomic inspections successful Cairo connected Sept. 9, 2025. (Sayed Hassan/Getty)

The group's aggregated figures showed 624 recorded protests, the apprehension of astatine slightest 24,669 radical and the confirmed deaths of 3,919 individuals.

HRANA said 3,685 of those killed were protesters, including 25 children nether the property of 18.

Nearly 9,000 deaths stay nether investigation.

White House property caput Karoline Levitt said astatine a property briefing past week that the Trump medication was intimately watching the concern successful Iran.

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"All options stay connected the array for the president," she told reporters.