Spokesman Dismisses UN Rapporteur's Human Rights Report on Iran as "Biased"
TEHRAN (Basirat): Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi categorically dismissed the UN special rapporteur Asma Jahangir's recent report on the situation of human rights in Iran as biased and politically-motivated.
Qassemi's remarks came in reaction to the latest report of Jahangir on the situation of human rights in Iran.
"Accordingly, we believe that the reports issued by the UN special rapporteur are based on an unjust, unfair, politicized and malevolent resolution re-establishing the mandate of a special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and so they lack credibility and legitimacy,” the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman reiterated.
"We hold that undertaking politicized, dishonest, and double-standard-wise approach to human rights by a small group of countries, not only undermines the repute and position of the concept of human rights in the world but also exposes further the scandalous face of the so-called human rights advocates and their allies who all share dark histories of background in human rights issues,” he added.
In relevant remarks in February 2014, Iran's Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeii underlined that the former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, had only parroted the allegations made by the Islamic Republic’s enemies, but he will be allowed to visit Iran if he proves he is not pursuing a biased attitude towards the Islamic Republic.
"For preparing his reports, this person (Ahmed Shaheed) goes to people who are against Islamic Republic and have declared war on the people of this country; were he impartial, he would not prepare his reports on this basis,” Mohseni Ejeii said in his press conference.
He reiterated that the performance of the international organizations, specially those that claim to be supporters of human rights is disgraceful as they themselves have committed the worst crimes in the world and other countries.
"If a rapporteur proves his impartiality, we will not have any problem with his/her visit to the country, as it has already been shown in similar cases,” Mohseni Ejeii said
