Human rights used as political instrument against Iran: Iran’s HR Chief

“At a time when the world is suffering from the attitudes and policies of such Western countries like the United States, issuance of such a report against the Islamic Republic, which, itself, is a victim of these countries’ actions is a completely political and diversionary measure,” Kazem Gharibabadi noted.

“Human rights have become a political commodity and a tool to put pressure on independent and developing countries like Iran; and the victim is the human;” he said.

Criticizing the silence of human rights claimants in the face of terrorist acts against the nation of Iran and their scientists, as well as the harsh sanctions considered gross violations of human rights, the Secretary-General called on human rights mechanisms to address these violations of international law and Western law as well as the situation of human rights in these countries.

Gharibabadi went on to call the Special Rapporteur's report a completely biased and politically motivated report that deliberately ignores widespread progress in various areas of human rights and focuses on the false claims of expatriate terrorist and anti-human rights groups.

While criticizing the abuse of human rights mechanisms by countries like Canada, United Kingdom, the United States and Sweden, the Vice-President of the Judiciary for International Affairs, strongly criticized the human rights situation in these countries, advising them to focus on improving the human rights situation in their own countries instead of covering up their anti-human rights actions by focusing on other countries like Iran.

“The Islamic Republic constantly moves towards enhancement and betterment of human rights, and this is based on religious guidelines not international obligations or political reports,” Gharibabadi noted.