Iran reacts harshly to UN human rights resolution against them.

Iran reacts harshly to UN human rights resolution against them.Source: Radio Zamaneh

Iran has condemned the new UN resolution against human rights violations in Iran, describing it as "a misuse of human rights."

 IRNA reports that Marzieh Afkham, the spokeswoman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said: "The Islamic Republic condemns such self-serving acts by Western countries and the misuse of human rights against independent countries, and regrets that the UN is being used as a tool to satisfy such political games."

On December 18, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution against the violation of human rights in Iran. Meanwhile, it has welcomed President Hassan Rohani's promises to improve the state of human rights in the country.

Afkham allowed that the resolution makes "a cursory reference to the 11th presidential election and the actions of the new government, but the totality of the resolution is filled with falsehoods that came from Western websites and media and notorious terrorist groups."

A member of Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has called foreign ministry to ‘react’ about UN resolution.

Mohammad Hassan A’safari told Mehr News that countries having good economic ties with Iran had voted for the UN human rights resolution against Iran.

“Foreign ministry should act on the countries voting for the anti-Iranian resolution in the UN,” he added, and that “the first and foremost issue is that no country is committed to human rights as Iran such that religious minorities have representatives in the Parliament who defend their ethnic and minority rights.”(Ask anyone in Evin Prison).

“ Essentially, Islam is based on the fraternity and equality; Islam rejects the division of human according to color, race, and ethnicity; however, some countries lay claims to human rights while they do not respect human rights,” A’asafari said.

“It is a source of disappointment that such a resolution is agreed against Iran by countries who violate human rights. This is politically motivated and the west seeks a new scenario now that the nuclear issue is being solved. They would bring to the focus missiles,” he added and that “they try to contain us. The resolution is propaganda and a political leverage to which Mr. Ban Ki-moon should respond.”

“He should respond why his organization would not investigate crimes in Iraq and Syria; why France, the pioneer of liberalism and freedom, mistreats the immigrants. No other country has hosted the Afghan people than has Iran. We have received 2 million Afghan refugees,” said the Parliamentarian.


About the countries that voted for the UN Iran resolution and had economic ties with Iran, he believed that the foreign ministry should investigate the issue and take necessary measures. Swaziland and Comoros are countries who voted for the UN anti-Iranian resolution and who benefited from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s lavish supports in economics.Hmmmm....62 abstentions....I wonder how many were Islamic?