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Islamic Republic News Agency IRNA, Iran
Dec 1 2012
Countries with poor record must not judge Iran human rights situation - MP
Tehran, 1 December: Member of Parliament from Armenian Community of
northern Iran Karen Khanlari said on Saturday [1 December] the
countries with poor human rights record must not judge Iranian human
rights situation.
He made the comment in reaction to recent United Nations draft
statement condemning their alleged human rights violations in Iran.
He said that he believes adoption of the draft statement is due to
political motivations.
He said western countries embark on taking such measure once in a
while to serve their own political interests.
Noting that there is no single standard to examine the human rights
records of world countries, he further dismissed as inappropriate to
apply diverse standards for human rights records of different
countries.
The parliamentarian added, despite the fact that countries like Saudi
Arabia easily violate human rights, the western governments turn a
blind eye towards them.
Referring to the satisfactory status of religious minorities in Iran,
Khanlari said religious minorities enjoy quite agreeable situation in
Iran and have their own representative in the parliament.
This is while, he added, in many countries including the western
countries, religious minorities are being refused the right to send
their own representatives to the parliament and the religious minority
representatives lack equal footing with other members of the
parliaments.
However, Khanlari noted, religious minority representatives in Iranian
parliament both focus on the exclusive issues pertaining to their
communities and also have the right to vote for any other legal issue.
Dec 1 2012
Countries with poor record must not judge Iran human rights situation - MP
Tehran, 1 December: Member of Parliament from Armenian Community of
northern Iran Karen Khanlari said on Saturday [1 December] the
countries with poor human rights record must not judge Iranian human
rights situation.
He made the comment in reaction to recent United Nations draft
statement condemning their alleged human rights violations in Iran.
He said that he believes adoption of the draft statement is due to
political motivations.
He said western countries embark on taking such measure once in a
while to serve their own political interests.
Noting that there is no single standard to examine the human rights
records of world countries, he further dismissed as inappropriate to
apply diverse standards for human rights records of different
countries.
The parliamentarian added, despite the fact that countries like Saudi
Arabia easily violate human rights, the western governments turn a
blind eye towards them.
Referring to the satisfactory status of religious minorities in Iran,
Khanlari said religious minorities enjoy quite agreeable situation in
Iran and have their own representative in the parliament.
This is while, he added, in many countries including the western
countries, religious minorities are being refused the right to send
their own representatives to the parliament and the religious minority
representatives lack equal footing with other members of the
parliaments.
However, Khanlari noted, religious minority representatives in Iranian
parliament both focus on the exclusive issues pertaining to their
communities and also have the right to vote for any other legal issue.