Iranian Acting Ambassador to the UN Gholam-Hossein Dehqani[/caption]Iran has criticized as political a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on alleged human rights violations in the country.
Iranian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Gholam-Hossein Dehqani dismissed the resolution as political, prejudicial and unbalanced on Thursday following its approval by the UN General Assembly.
Dehqani also protested that the resolution does not acknowledge the positive developments in Iran.
The resolution builds on reports by UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Iran Ahmed Shaheed.
On June 17, 2011, the UN Human Rights Council, under pressure from the United States and its allies, named Shaheed, a former Maldivian foreign minister, as its human rights investigator on Iran.
The Islamic Republic has repeatedly criticized biased reports on its human rights situation, saying the appointment of a UN special rapporteur on Irans human rights situation is a selective, politically-tainted and unacceptable move.
By Press TV
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