Iran Leader Urges UN to Probe Cases of Rights Violations in US
TEHRAN (Basirat) :The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on the United Nations to condemn the violation of human rights in, and by the United States.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s call came during a meeting with a host of Iranian officials
on May 24, 2018, when he touched upon the UN’s performance and highlighted the
need to follow up on several major cases of US crimes in breach of human rights.
The Leader said the world body’s performance is inappropriate and swayed by
Washington.
"Some time ago, the UN secretary general took back his word one day after
condemning Saudi crimes against Yemeni people. Such examples show the UN is
under the pressure of the US” and other tyrants of the Persian Gulf region.
The Leader then enumerated the cases of Washington’s crimes and breaches of
human rights, including "burning members of the Davidian cult in the United
States during Bill Clinton’s presidency”, "holding and brutally torturing
inmates at Guantanamo detention centre, Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and an
American jail in Afghanistan”, "not banning the sales of guns in the US because
of the profit of arms manufacturing companies”, "US police brutality in dealing
with black people”, "the United States’ key role in creating and supporting the
ISIS terrorist group”, "helping the Israeli regime kill people, particularly in
its recent massacre of Palestinians in Gaza”, "and helping and supporting Saudi
Arabia in killing Yemeni people and cracking down on people of Bahrain.”
"If the United Nations is really the United Nations and is not affiliated with
the US regime, it should seriously pursue these cases and make up for its past
failure [to do so],” the Leader said.
Source:IFP
