TEHRAN – Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi has said that Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, is at U.S. officials’ beck and call. 

 

Boroujerdi made the remarks in an interview with the Persian service of the Fars News Agency on Saturday in reference to the most recent report of Shaheed, who has not been allowed to enter Iran.   

 

The 36-page report, which was released on March 7, alleges that Iran has dramatically increased executions over the past decade and abused the rights of students, women, journalists, and religious minorities, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

 

Boroujerdi, who is the chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said that Shaheed has been assigned by the United States to level allegations against Iran. 

 

“Instead of contacting Iranian officials, Ahmed Shaheed contacts counter-revolutionary elements to collect information and prepare his report and also makes arrangements with the Americans as to how to draw up the report,” he added.    

 

He also said, “The contents of Ahmed Shaheed’s reports are the repetition of the remarks by counter-revolutionary elements and are of no account.” 

 

“The Americans are the main culprits behind the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists and have no fear of admitting to carrying out such assassinations,” Boroujerdi stated, adding, “Therefore, Ahmed Shaheed’s claims are an evasive action to put a lid on the Americans’ atrocities.” 

 

Shaheed’s report does Iran an injustice

 

Iranian Justice Minister Morteza Bakhtiari told the Fars on Saturday that Shaheed’s report does the Islamic Republic an injustice. 

 

The United Nations politically deals with human rights issues of certain countries, Bakhtiari said.      

 

Vigilant people regard human rights as a “political” tool in the hands of the hegemonistic powers, he stated, adding that Iran has suffered heavy losses in its campaign against terrorism, but a smear campaign has been launched against Iran. 

 

“However, people are awake and vigilant and will not spend time reading such reports,” Bakhtiari added. 

 

The Iranian justice minister also said, “One of the reasons behind the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran acts patiently as to whether to accept a special human rights rapporteur is that we have not” found them honest over the past 33 years.