( CNN ) -- Co-authors say U.N. Human Rights Council has yet to take serious action against abuses in Iran . The report says the country is "continuing its systematic and widespread use of torture by law enforcement officials as well as other state actors. Iran is seeking to gain a seat on the Human Rights Council . Co-authors says seating Iran would be a betrayal of that nation 's civil rights movement .
Co-authors say U.N. Human Rights Council has yet to take serious action against abuses in Iran . The report says the country is "continuing its systematic and widespread use of torture by law enforcement officials as well as other state actors. Iran is seeking to gain a seat on the Human Rights Council . Co-authors says seating Iran would be a betrayal of that nation 's civil rights movement .