New York, Oct 29, IRNA - Representing the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Forouzandeh Vadiati, calls appointment of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Human Rights in Iran as entirely politically motivated. Vadiati made the remarks in response to the UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, who has ignored ...

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(Reuters) -Iranon Tuesday dismissed a U.N. investigator's allegations of severe human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic, saying the criticisms were aimed at inciting "Iranophobia and Islamophobia." The latest report, by U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in IranAhmed Shaheed, says executions in Iran have sharply increased since President ...