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The present qualitative content analysis investigates how various members of the UN Human Rights Council represent different political actors of Iran discursively after the events sparked by the death of Jina Amini in September 2022. The data involved 21 speeches of the UN Human Rights Council members voting for establishing a fact‐finding mission to investigate objectively and impartially the events that happened in Iran. Influenced by Wodak's Discourse‐Historical Approach (DHA) framework, the study investigates how different groups of Representative States adopted discursive strategies to represent political actors in Iran. Reviewing the coded data showed that predication and argumentation followed by nomination strategies were dominant strategies deployed by each speaker. The results revealed how groups with multiple ideologies deployed similar strategies to depict realities depending on their stance concerning the Iranian political actors. El presente análisis de contenido cualitativo investiga cómo diversos miembros del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU representan discursivamente a diferentes actores políticos de Irán tras los acontecimientos provocados por la muerte de Jina Amini en septiembre de 2022. Los datos se basan en los vigésimo primeros discursos de los miembros del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU que votaron a favor del establecimiento de una misión de investigación para investigar de forma objetiva e imparcial los acontecimientos ocurridos en Irán. Influenciado por el enfoque histórico‐discursivo (DHA) de Wodak, el estudio investiga cómo diferentes grupos de Estados Representantes adoptaron estrategias discursivas para representar a los actores políticos en Irán. La revisión de los datos codificados mostró que la predicción, la argumentación y las estrategias de nominación fueron las estrategias predominantes empleadas por cada orador. Los resultados revelaron cómo grupos con múltiples ideologías desplegaron estrategias similares para representar las realidades en función de su postura respecto a los actores políticos iraníes. 本项定性内容分析旨在探讨2022年9月吉娜·阿米尼逝世事件后, 联合国人权理事会各成员国如何在话语上代表伊朗不同的政治行动者。数据涵盖了21位投票支持设立实况调查团以客观公正地调查伊朗事件的联合国人权理事会成员国的发言。受Wodak提出的话语‐历史方法(DHA)框架的影响, 本研究探讨了代表国家的不同群体如何采用话语策略来代表伊朗的政治行动者。对编码数据的分析表明, 预测和论证策略以及随后的提名策略是每位发言者采用的主要策略。结果揭示了持有多种意识形态的群体如何根据其对伊朗政治行动者的立场, 进而采用相似的策略来描绘现实。
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Hiwa Weisi & Bayan Dastyar, 2025.
"The UN Human Rights Council's Discursive Construction of Iranian Political Actors: A Discourse‐Historical Approach,"
World Affairs, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 188(3), July.
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RePEc:wly:woraff:v:188:y:2025:i:3:n:e70018
DOI: 10.1002/waf2.70018
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