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Iran says appointment of UN rights rapporteur "unjustified"

Xinhua, September 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Secretary of Iran's Human Rights Bureau Mohammad-Javad Larijani rejected the appointment of a new United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, reported Tasnim news agency on Sunday.

Tehran regards the recent move by the UN Human Rights Council, appointing the Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir as the UN special rights rapporteur on Iran, as "unjustified," Larijani was quoted as saying.

Basically, Iran is against an appointment implemented under pressure from some western countries, he said.

Larijani criticized what he called "double-standard policies and selective approaches to human rights issues adopted by certain Western governments."

Asma Jahangir will replace former Maldivian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Shaheed, who has been the UN rights rapporteur on Iran since 2011.

Iran rejected Shaheed's multiple reports on Iran as accusations which bore "certain professional flaws."

Shaheed had demanded to visit Iran to discover the realities of the human rights situation in the country, a request refused by Iran. Endit