Iran dismissed on Saturday a resolution from a United Nations committee rebuking Tehran for human rights violations, describing the measure as "distorted", state news agency IRNA reported. The resolution, drafted by Canada, "interferes in Iran's internal affairs and is distorted," Iran's representative in the UN human rights committee, Peymaneh Hasteii, was quoted as saying. "The content of the resolution is not constructive, and the current approach will discourage Iran in elevating its cooperation with the world community in the area of human rights," she added.
| I think that's Persian for "piss off." |
A UN committee on Friday approved a resolution drafted by Canada rebuking Iran for rights violations including torture, suppression of free speech and discrimination against women. Introducing the resolution on Thursday, Canada's deputy UN ambassador Gilbert Laurin denied the move was in retaliation for the death of a Canadian photographer in police custody in Tehran in July. "It is an example of what is wrong with the human rights situation in Iran. Sadly, it is not the only case. There are too many others," Laurin said.
| Cheeze. Canada noticed that. |
Touching on the thorny issue of the slain Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi, Hasteii said: "Her murder brought remorse to all Iranians, the officials and the ordinary people... even the president and the parliament did their own independent investigations." Kazemi died in July in police custody after being arrested for taking pictures outside Tehran's Evin prison. |