Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Ali Baqeri Kani made the remarks in reaction to statement by UN High Commissioner on Human Rights criticizing Iranian code-of-conduct of the minorities.
Baqeri said that Iranian ethnic groups are not minority, but they are citizens of 'the whole Iran'.
Baqeri Kani wrote in his twitter account, "Ms. Commissioner; Iranian ethnic groups are not 'minority', they are 'the whole Iran'."
"If politics didn't prevent you to take a trip to Iran and you were allowed to closely see Iran's realities, you would notice how Lurs, Kurds, Turks, Turkmens, Arabs, Baluchs, Fars people, etc. shout at the aliens: 'We are Iranians'," he added.
UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Michelle Bachelet had claimed that a coordinated campaign in Iran had targeted minorities in Sistan & Baluchestan and Khuzestan provinces.