As we have already witnessed time and again in the past, these reports are flawed both in nature and approach, and thus hold no value in the eye of the Islamic Republic, Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Friday.
He made the remarks in reaction to a new report by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that is scheduled to be presented at the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council, which began on February 26 and lasts until March 23.
Guterres, who assumed office January last year, has in his previous reports accused Iran of a range of human rights violations from mistreating journalists to arbitrary detentions and unfair trials.
Qassemi said the UN chiefs latest report has many flaws and shortcomings as it is based on a political and unfair resolution, and is drawn up according to inauthentic and totally incredible sources and data.
Moreover, a total ignorance of Irans progress and achievements in implementing human rights has contributed to the production of an unbalanced and particularly biased report, he said of Guterres report.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 37th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 26, 2018 in Geneva. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]
The Iranian official asserted, It is Irans resolve to further enhance the rights of its citizens on the basis of progressive Islamic principles as well as the countrys Constitution.
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The double standard
What Guterres report truly signifies, according to Qassemi, is the UNs double standard in using human rights as a political means, while turning a blind eye to the disastrous human rights violations by other countries.
He said the UN needed to look no farther than the Middle East to see how some countries are suffering the lamentable humanitarian situation and the disastrous conditions caused by atrocious wars forced upon them by others.
The continuation of this politically-motivated approach to human rights would only render the UN all the more unreliable, Qassemi warned.