Documented and comprehensive narration of the issue of human rights in Iran, presenting Iran's legitimate demands from the West and the international system, documenting the human rights conflicts of anti-Iranian institutions and countries, presenting documented claims against the West's anti-Iranian actions, and responding to political and propaganda blackmail against human rights issues in Iran, are all important components of Iran's human rights diplomacy.
In human rights diplomacy, Iran, as an active and dynamic actor in the international arena, targets the poisonous propaganda-political atmosphere of the West and the counter-revolution, and instead of being a "demanding party", it is placed in the position of a "demander" and "claimant". This is Iran's true position in the world's legal equations, which has been unjustly portrayed in reverse by the opponents of the Islamic Republic.
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Dr. Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, during his speech at the 48th meeting of the UPR Working Group, which was dedicated to defending our country's fourth national report, pointed out that the Islamic Republic of Iran attaches special importance to this mechanism and believes that as a "global forum" it has been able to provide a significant capacity for supporting and promoting human rights through constructive and meaningful dialogue. He described this gathering and dialogue as a valuable opportunity and explained the achievements and challenges in the field of human rights based on reliable information and avoiding "confrontational and political behavior."
Dr. Gharibabadi explained our country's positions in detail on several fundamental issues and responded to the enemies' fabricated ambiguities regarding human rights violations in our country. Iran's support for vulnerable groups and strata, Iran's special focus on human rights education, the Islamic Republic of Iran's adherence to international obligations, the complete elimination of the gender gap in education, the development of deprived areas and the revival of productive jobs, Iran's official policy of reducing the effects of unilateral and arbitrary coercive measures, criticism of the double standards of human rights organizations and the West in the Gaza war, criticism of the open violation of human rights in the West, etc. were the axes that were considered and cited in this meeting by the Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of our country.
The very holding of this meeting and the issues raised in it demonstrate the power of explaining our country's legal positions in the international system. It should not be forgotten that one of the important aspects of the enemy's combined war against the Islamic Republic of Iran is focused on human rights issues. In such circumstances, the great responsibility of our country's judicial system and foreign affairs is to challenge the claims of the West in international circles and to directly dialogue with the world's public opinion.
This fundamental and important mission became tangible during the UPR meeting. When the world's public opinion is confronted with the legal-judicial arguments of the relevant officials of our country and, beyond that, is informed of many facts and documents (which are denied or distorted under various titles in the Western media), the false beliefs that have been created in the minds of the global audience will naturally change. This "change in beliefs" is the very category that the West is extremely afraid of.
Confronting the West in the War of Narratives
Iran's successful presence at the UPR meeting and other meetings where there is a valuable opportunity for the Islamic Republic of Iran to directly narrate human rights issues is an objective example of directly confronting the West in the war of narratives. When many critics and opponents of the Islamic Republic of Iran's system are confronted with these arguments and documented statements, they practically lose their usual power to cover up the current facts in Iran.
More importantly, the effective presence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in such meetings requires a media connection. In more eloquent terms, the axes and points explained by our country’s representatives in such meetings need to become a basis for drawing up the country’s media-operational system in the constant confrontation with the enemies’ propaganda and human rights tactics.
In this case, no matter how determined the enemy is in his inverted narrative of the current realities in Iran, he will lose the power of his one-sided and unanswered narrative. Therefore, media policies in the country should also be considered and acknowledged as a catalyst and an accelerating factor in our human rights diplomacy in international circles.
The Importance of Legal Explanation in the Current Situation
The United States and European countries, regardless of the crimes they have committed alongside the occupying regime in Jerusalem, are trying to portray the Islamic Republic of Iran and other defenders of the resistance in the region and the world as examples of "human rights violators" and, in return, do not mention the slightest mention of crimes such as the genocide of thousands of innocent Palestinian children.
At this critical and crucial moment, in addition to effectively responding to the cowardly human rights attacks carried out by the West and the counter-revolutionary movement, effective activism against them must also be put on the agenda. Clarifying cases and examples of violations of human rights, women's rights, children's rights, and international law by the Zionist regime, the United States, the European Union, and other actors defined within the false movement is beyond a requirement.
Given that formal legal structures in the international system unfortunately draw up many of their policies and positions based on the political lobbying of dominant governments, we must use the capacity to speak out and engage in effective human rights dialogues with the nations of the world and the elite and educated classes in other countries.
In this realm, it is necessary to speak out and expose