Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Monday, June 27, 2011

Who, us?

Iran suggests that the UN should investigate Israel, the USA, and the UK before investigating Iran.

Iran lawmakers want UN rights auditor barred from examining allegations of human rights abuse
Iranian lawmakers urged the government on Sunday to prevent a UN investigator from coming to the country to look into allegations of human rights abuses.

Ahmed Shaheed, a former Maldives foreign minister, was last week named special rapporteur on Iran by the UN Human Rights Council, which had voiced concern at Tehran’s crackdowns on opposition figures and increased use of the death penalty…

Iran’s Deputy Judiciary Chief Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi told IRNA: “If they (Western countries) investigate the issue of human rights in Iran in a fair and non-political way, they will understand that at the current juncture, the Islamic Republic is the only country that attaches the greatest significance to human rights principles.”…

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