The latest assessment on the human rights situation in Iran sounds like it was written by the United States and its European allies, Iran said.
| And we can't have that, can we? |
U.N. Special Envoy on the Human Rights Situation in Iran Ahmed Shaheed,
| ...bummer of a name, dude... |
expressed concern about the lack of civil rights in Iran. He said restrictions on free speech and free assembly would undermine the legitimacy of Iranian elections planned for June.
| No worse than the previous elections were undermined... |
Mohammed-Javad Larijani, secretary-general of the High Council for Human Rights in Iran, said the report was "unprofessional" and echoed sentiments from "the United States and some European countries," reports state-funded broadcaster Press TV.
| Who ever thought that a special rapper for human rights would sound like a European? |
Iran said it was watching for foreign meddling in the country's electoral affairs. Elections in 2009 were marred by violence not witnessed in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. |