TEHRAN- Kazem Gharibabadi, secretary of the High Council for Human Rights and deputy head of the Iranian judiciary, has highlighted that his journey to New York is intended to stop the spread of false and hostile narratives about the recent events in Iran by the West.

In addition, Gharibabadi stated to Iranian reporters in New York on Saturday that he intended to accurately portray the reality of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the general public and draw attention to the damaging role that some states played in the most recent upheaval.

The Iranian diplomat is set to engage in bilateral and multilateral discussions with representatives from other countries while attending third committee sessions of the UN General Assembly.

He added that the so-called flag-bearers of human rights, including the Western governments and the U.S. in particular, violate human rights inside their own countries, making them ineligible to present themselves as supporters of human rights. He asserted that the issue of human rights has now become a political topic. 

While such nations professed to defend human rights in the wake of the recent unrest in Iran, the lives of millions of Iranians have been impacted by the unilateral and unlawful sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union, the Iranian human rights chief pointed out.
How can these countries claim they support human rights when about 17,000 Iranians have been slaughtered by terrorists are now living in the U.S. and certain European nations? he asked.

In order to give them an accurate account of the developments in Iran and the destabilizing role that some countries played in the most recent unrest "Iran will not let false and hostile narrative by the Western states and the U.S. divert the minds of other countries," he pointed out 

Gharibabadi added he has held consultations with various groups from several countries as well as officials of the United Nations.

He said Iran has detained more than 50 members of the MKO terrorist organization, as well as 80 members of various Kurdish militant organizations and five members of the Daesh terrorist organization.

The human rights official also dismissed as untrue certain estimates that 14,000 have been imprisoned in Iran following the unrest that erupted around mid-September in certain cities in Iran, saying more than 90% of those who were detained were released within two or three days.

The adversaries used international organizations to exert pressure on Iran to advance their own political agenda by launching a hybrid warfare against the Islamic Republic, he stated.