Thaindian News

TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) — Iran on Friday deplored the U.S.-sponsored human rights resolution and labeled it as ‘unfair’ and ‘biased’, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

On Thursday, the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) approved a resolution for the appointment of a special human rights rapporteur for Iran. The motion received 22 votes in favor, seven against, and 14 abstentions.

“The aim of the resolution was to put pressure on Iran and to further side track the current process of the UN Human Rights Council’s periodic review of the human rights situation across the world,” said Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast.

Furthermore, Mehmanparast said that the U.S. policies on human rights are ‘paradoxical and predicated upon double standards’. The spokesman referred to the council’s document, issued earlier this month that reviewed the U.S. human rights record for the first time in its history.

The document included 228 recommendations to the U.S. for improving its human rights record. In November, the Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a report on the violation of human rights by the US inside and outside its borders, focusing in the Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib detention facilities.

The human rights resolution was introduced by the U.S. and Sweden. The resolution was adopted in order to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind.

“Such a resolution lacks any judicial value. Iran should not accept the rapporteur of the resolution to prepare report on our country’s human rights condition,” said Ala’eddin Boroujerdi, head of Iran’s Foreign Policy Commission.