SAEDNEWS: Nasser Kanaani made the comments in a statement on Wednesday, days after a resolution dubbed “Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran” was adopted by 80 in favor, 29 against, and 65 abstentions in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly.
The anti-Iranian resolution on human rights is a clear example of double standards and the instrumental employment of human rights for the achievement of illegitimate political objectives, the spokesman said.
He said the resolution has been put forward by certain Western governments that have shut their eyes to the Zionist regime’s war crimes and genocide in Gaza and the West Bank and are overtly providing unlimited support for the criminal Israeli regime.
The irony is that the Zionist regime is one of the initiators of the anti-Iranian resolution, he added.
The fact that the usurping Zionist regime has been involved in the initiation and adoption of the resolution against Iran amounts to a “major political and moral scandal” for the Western initiators of the resolution and indicates that the valuable concept of human rights has been rendered worthless and the international organizations have been devoid of their raison d'être, Kanaani underlined.
The resolution lacks legitimacy and is totally rejected, the spokesman stated, adding, “The countries that have a long record of systematic violation of human rights and of whose anti-human measures the world people have bitter and stinging experiences are in no position to advise the Iranian government and people on human rights.”
He further noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran is founded upon religious democracy, is serious about promoting human rights and honoring its international commitments, and is prepared for constructive dialogue and cooperation on the promotion of human rights in the world within the framework of mutual respect, equality, fairness, and rejection of political purposes (SOURCE: TASNIM).
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