Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected a report by a mission mandated by the United Nations over the 2022 riots in the country, lamenting that human rights mechanisms of the world body have turned into “a plaything” in the hands of some regimes to advance their sinister and unlawful goals.
In a statement on Saturday, Nasser Kan’ani vehemently denounced the contents of the report published the previous day by the UN Human Rights Council’s so-called Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran.
He said the report repeats groundless allegations rooted in inaccurate and biased information, and therefore, lacks legal credibility and is fundamentally rejected.
Kan’ani denounced attempts to foment Iranophobia and defame Iran, stating that the so-called fact-finding mission was established and funded in November 2022 as a result of the “ridiculous show of human rights” by a number of Western governments, especially Germany.
The Iranian diplomat said the mission’s latest report entails an organized set of falsifications and lies that have purposefully altered realities.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the report, which has been compiled and engineered by the Zionist regime, the United States, and some Western countries, as a clear example of abuse of the sublime human rights concepts and values for the purpose of pursuing short-sighted political goals. It believes that the report has no legal acceptability and effect whatsoever,” he said.
Kan’ani underscored that the report revealed that the so-called fact-finding mission functions in compliance with the schemes of its German, British, American and Israeli founders, and abuses the UN human rights mechanisms to serve the sinister and illegal objectives of those regimes.
“The founding countries of the so-called fact-finding mission are annoyed about security and stability in Iran and the failure of their intervention in Iran’s domestic affairs during the three months of riots in the country. They want to take revenge on the Iranian nation through publication of such a report,” he stated.
Kan’ani also advised the initiators of the mission to deal with human rights violations in their own countries rather than improperly meddle in Iran’s affairs, arguing they should attend to the violation of rights of thousands of Palestinian women and children in Gaza, where more than 30,000 civilians have been killed in Israeli strikes over the past five months.
“The countries that violate the rights of other nations and are complicit in all of the Zionist regime’s crimes and massacre of civilians, particularly women and children, cannot present themselves as advocates or judge the human rights status in other countries. They must be held accountable for their crimes concerning gross violations of human rights,” Kan’ani said.
He stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran earnestly strives for the empowerment of its women and girls, and its future will be shaped by its females, who are the source of pride for the country.
Kan’ani further pointed to the formation of a special committee on Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi’s order to probe the 2022 unrest, adding that its final report was recently submitted to the president.
The report has studied various factors in the formation of unrest, includes diverse measures in accordance with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s responsibility to protect the rights of citizens and the law enforcement forces, and involves a series of suggestions and recommendations as well, he noted.
The UN fact-finding mission alleged on Friday that Iran’s response to the riots that broke out following the death of a young Iranian woman in September 2022 amounts to serious human rights violations.
