Iran Press/ Iran news: Beyond political considerations, there is no credible ground for the duplication of allegations against Iran four times a year, Mohammad Hosni Nejad said during the debate on the United Nations Third Committee 19th meeting.
"The report A/73/299 yet again brings to light manipulation and politicization that exists in the UN human rights mechanisms. Producing annually four nearly identical reports on the situation of human rights in Iran should solely be attributed to the adoption of a harmful selective approach based on double standards," Iran's representative said.
He said "Beyond political considerations, there is no credible ground for the duplication of allegations against Iran four times a year. The report under question is the result of a counter-productive mandate, which makes it objectionable in its entirety, notwithstanding its attempt to reflect, though partially and with reluctance, the provided comments on the report by Iran."
In relevant remarks on August, Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani deplored the double-standard policies of UN and some Western countries, the US in particular, on human rights and said they voice support for “rioters” in Iran while keeping silent on the Saudi-led coalition’s war crimes in Yemen.
Speaking at a one-day conference on human rights and human dignity, Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani emphasized that so-called champions of human rights in the West have had a muted response to the gross violations of the human rights of the Bahraini people, but they have been vociferous in their support of human rights of rioters in Iran -- people who loot, smash things, and set fire to shops and retailers in Tehran.
For years, Iran has been under economic sanctions for what is called disregarding human rights. The United Nations has appointed several special rapporteurs to report on Iran’s transgressions.
Iran has dismissed several times these reports, saying that they did not reflect the realities on the ground in the country.
This is while several countries in the Middle East have contravened international standards of human rights, and yet they have received very different treatment.
A good case is Saudi Arabia. Its human rights record has been dismal. For example, the Saudi government actively discriminates against its large Shia minority and women.
And more recently is the case of the Saudi journalist who went missing two weeks.
Jamal Khashoggi, the dissident Saudi journalist has been missing ever since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. His disappearance has come amid a particularly harsh and opaque crackdown on Saudi journalists and bloggers.
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