Tehran: New UN Rights Report ‘Political’
TEHRAN (Press TV) -- Iran on Friday dismissed a UN resolution on alleged human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic, saying UN mechanisms have turned into a political tool in the hands of the West.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, condemned any use of resolutions for political gains.
Iran dismisses the approval and content of such resolutions, Afkham said, adding "it is regrettable that the UN’s human rights mechanisms and tools are abused by certain Western countries”, some of which blatantly violate human rights themselves.
On Thursday, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution criticizing the human rights situation in Iran.
Afkham said the resolution was adopted based on biased and unreliable sources, adding that Iran has already responded to the allegations in the resolution based on well-founded evidence.
The Iranian official said that the anti-Iran resolution was passed at a time when the occupying regime of Israel’s crimes along with growing terrorism and extremism constituted the main source of crisis in the Middle East.
Iran is committed to international rules and regulations and seeks to promote the human rights condition in the country as well as in the region and the world, she said.
Iran’s envoy to the United Nations dismissed the UN General Assembly resolution as "political, prejudicial and unbalanced”.
Deputy Ambassador to the UN Gholam-Hussein Dehqani also protested that the resolution does not acknowledge the "positive developments” in Iran.
The resolution builds on reports by UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Iran Ahmed Shaheed.
On June 17, 2011, the UN Human Rights Council, under pressure from the United States and its allies, named Shaheed, a former Maldivian foreign minister, as its human rights investigator on Iran.
The Islamic Republic has repeatedly criticized biased reports on its human rights situation, saying the appointment of a UN special rapporteur on Iran’s human rights situation is a selective, politically-tainted and unacceptable move.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, condemned any use of resolutions for political gains.
Iran dismisses the approval and content of such resolutions, Afkham said, adding "it is regrettable that the UN’s human rights mechanisms and tools are abused by certain Western countries”, some of which blatantly violate human rights themselves.
On Thursday, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution criticizing the human rights situation in Iran.
Afkham said the resolution was adopted based on biased and unreliable sources, adding that Iran has already responded to the allegations in the resolution based on well-founded evidence.
The Iranian official said that the anti-Iran resolution was passed at a time when the occupying regime of Israel’s crimes along with growing terrorism and extremism constituted the main source of crisis in the Middle East.
Iran is committed to international rules and regulations and seeks to promote the human rights condition in the country as well as in the region and the world, she said.
Iran’s envoy to the United Nations dismissed the UN General Assembly resolution as "political, prejudicial and unbalanced”.
Deputy Ambassador to the UN Gholam-Hussein Dehqani also protested that the resolution does not acknowledge the "positive developments” in Iran.
The resolution builds on reports by UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Iran Ahmed Shaheed.
On June 17, 2011, the UN Human Rights Council, under pressure from the United States and its allies, named Shaheed, a former Maldivian foreign minister, as its human rights investigator on Iran.
The Islamic Republic has repeatedly criticized biased reports on its human rights situation, saying the appointment of a UN special rapporteur on Iran’s human rights situation is a selective, politically-tainted and unacceptable move.