TEHRAN: Tehran on Saturday strongly condemned a UN report on the Islamic republic’s response to mass protests in 2022, denouncing Western international locations‘ “Iranophobia”.
The report was constructed on “baseless claims” and “false and biased data, with no authorized foundation”, overseas affairs ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani stated in a press release.
Worldwide consultants stated the repression of largely peaceable protests starting in September 2022 and “institutionalised discrimination” in direction of girls and ladies have led to “crimes in opposition to humanity”.
The UN human rights council mandated the consultants’ investigation — during which Iranian authorities refused to participate — following large protests which shook the Islamic republic after the dying in police custody of Mahsa Amini.
A 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish girl, Amini had been arrested by the morality police in Tehran for an alleged breach of the nation’s strict costume code for ladies.
“Not solely did the professional committee not set up the reality, but it surely additionally intentionally distorted the information,” Kanani stated.
The report, he stated, “was ready by the Zionist regime (Israel), the USA, and a few Western international locations”, who had been “persevering with a mission of Iranophobia and defamation of Iran“.
These international locations had been “indignant on the failure of their interventions throughout the riots”, Kanani stated, referring to the protests.
Iranian authorities say the “riots” had been fomented by the “enemies” of the Islamic republic, particularly the USA.
The spokesman stated a particular committee charged by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi with investigating the protests had “not too long ago despatched its ultimate report back to the president”, with out giving particulars on its findings.
The UN consultants stated “a minimum of 551” protesters had been killed by safety forces, who “used pointless and disproportionate pressure”.
The report was constructed on “baseless claims” and “false and biased data, with no authorized foundation”, overseas affairs ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani stated in a press release.
Worldwide consultants stated the repression of largely peaceable protests starting in September 2022 and “institutionalised discrimination” in direction of girls and ladies have led to “crimes in opposition to humanity”.
The UN human rights council mandated the consultants’ investigation — during which Iranian authorities refused to participate — following large protests which shook the Islamic republic after the dying in police custody of Mahsa Amini.
A 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish girl, Amini had been arrested by the morality police in Tehran for an alleged breach of the nation’s strict costume code for ladies.
“Not solely did the professional committee not set up the reality, but it surely additionally intentionally distorted the information,” Kanani stated.
The report, he stated, “was ready by the Zionist regime (Israel), the USA, and a few Western international locations”, who had been “persevering with a mission of Iranophobia and defamation of Iran“.
These international locations had been “indignant on the failure of their interventions throughout the riots”, Kanani stated, referring to the protests.
Iranian authorities say the “riots” had been fomented by the “enemies” of the Islamic republic, particularly the USA.
The spokesman stated a particular committee charged by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi with investigating the protests had “not too long ago despatched its ultimate report back to the president”, with out giving particulars on its findings.
The UN consultants stated “a minimum of 551” protesters had been killed by safety forces, who “used pointless and disproportionate pressure”.
