Islamic Republic of Iran rejects UN report on human rights as political

Iran has dismissed as “political and prejudiced” a report by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about human rights in the Islamic Republic.

During a meeting of the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee in New York, the Iranian mission to the body criticized the nature of the UN’s anti-Iranian resolutions on which Ban’s human rights allegations against Iran were based.

The mission described the anti-Iranian report as “political, prejudiced, selective and based on the views of a few Western countries.”

The delegation also criticized the report as “illogical and unprofessional” for excluding the responses provided by the Iranian government and the positive measures taken by Iran regarding human rights.

The mission pointed to the blatant violations of human rights by the main backers of the anti-Iran resolution, dismissing allegations leveled by these countries against Iran as “ridiculous”.

The delegation also criticized the demand by the Canadian government that the UN cancel its special envoy’s mission to Israel as “suspicious.”