Iran lashes out at UN's latest report on human rights violations
The Islamic Republic questioned the credibility of the rapporteur’s latest account, saying it was founded on claims by "terrorist groups."
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations condemned as "reprehensible" the latest report by the United Nations human rights rapporteur, Javaid Rehman.
In a statement, the deputy of Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations, Zahra Ershadi "expressed regret" at how Rehman had relied on "ambiguous and unofficial sources" with information provided by “terrorist groups.”
Ershadi did not specify those groups, but on previous occasions, the Islamic Republic has linked some international reports on its rights record to the MEK, or Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization, an exiled opposition group that has been fighting for the overthrow of the Iranian government in the past four decades.
On Monday, Rehman read his report to the UN General Assembly’s committee on human rights, in which he particularly sounded alarm on the rising number of executions in Iran. According to the special investigator, the Islamic Republic sent over 250 people to the gallows in 2020 alone, among them at least four minors. So far this year, Rehman’s report said, the figure stands at 230.
