Thursday, October 20, 2011

Iran rejects UN report on 'rights abuses'

Deputy envoy to UN says report outlining secret executions makes "poorly sourced, exaggerated and outdated allegations"

Iran has criticised a report by a UN investigator that said human rights abuses in the Islamic republic appear to be increasing, blaming the US and Europe for the negative assessment of his country.

In his report to the UN General Assembly, published earlier this week, Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, said hundreds of prisoners have been secretly executed in the Islamic republic.

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