The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ statement on the special meeting of the UN Human Rights Council and its resolution

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns an anti-Iran move by a small group of Western countries to impose a resolution on the Human Rights Council against Iran.

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns an anti-Iran move by a small group of Western countries to impose a resolution on the Human Rights Council against Iran.

It is highly regrettable that the Human Rights Council has been exploited once again to serve the short-term interests of a small number of countries.

The Foreign Ministry once again expresses regret over the bitter death of Ms. Mahsa Amini and reaffirms that all top officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted a responsible approach to the pitiful incident stemming from a humanitarian view and true commitment to human rights that is rooted in religious teachings, the Islamic Republic’s forward-looking Constitution and the Iranian civilizational culture. The government, in turn, had relevant bodies form a variety of supplementary investigation teams and made the outcome of the probe and different phases of the incident available to the public opinion transparently.

Simultaneously, the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights has, from the start, submitted various documented reports to international human rights mechanisms in Geneva and New York and to all members of the world community regularly and in different stages.

This approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran is indicative of a sense of responsibility and concern among the country’s top officials, relevant bodies, and related institutions. In addition, this approach is based on a national sense of responsibility, domestic rules, humanitarian principles, and respect for and adherence to the commitments undertaken by membership in international mechanisms.

The guardians of the country’s security dealt with rioters with maximum restraint while tens of law enforcement forces and guardians of security were martyred and thousands of them injured, despite the fact that some protesters resorted to violent behavior and incited riots based on exploitation, organized provocations and interventions from abroad over the past two months, and in spite of acts of terror committed by some armed individuals and groups in different forms.

Undoubtedly, the move by the regime in Germany and other sponsors of the special session of the Human Rights Council has been a historic mistake originating from multi-dimensional political goals.

It should be noted that the Human Rights Council’s job is based on cooperation, dialog and provision of assistance to governments in promoting human rights. Over the past 16 years and since the establishment of the council, the Islamic Republic has always laid emphasis on constructive participation despite many cases of selective, unjust and even biased behavior on the part of a group of countries at the council. The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply believes that members of the international community can contribute to the promotion of human rights only through dialog, cooperation and exchanges of experience.

It is regrettable that opportunistic approaches and the instrumental misuse of the human rights issue by a certain group of countries have polarized the Human Rights Council and fueled the tensions. Without any doubt, such an approach not only fails to contribute to the promotion of human rights but also sacrifices them for the political and hostile goals pursued by some countries against other members of the global community.

The German government and some other Western governments, having a hand in the resolution, have made a strategic mistake based on miscalculation and under the pressure of certain political lobbies as well as news fabrication by some known anti-Iran media outlets. The passage of time will prove this political short-sightedness will be to the detriment of their interests.

Unfortunately, in parallel with the recent riots against the Islamic Republic of Iran, lying foreign media outlets, which are promoters of violence and terror, engaged in spreading lies, misinformation and creating a hype in an unprecedented and organized way, something that turned into an important part of hybrid warfare against Iran.

The resolution that was approved against Iran in Geneva was the direct result of the use of misinformation by a small number of Western countries to advance anti-Iran objectives at international circles.

While relevant Iranian officials treated the protesters with maximum appeasement and dealt with the arrested rioters with Islamic and humanitarian mercy, and especially showed maximum tolerance toward women, the regime in Germany and its aligned governments leveled false and provocative allegations over violations of human rights and the rights women and children in Iran with political goals and motives.
In that regard, they attributed the organized and pre-plotted acts of terrorist and violence-seeking groups in false-flag killings to the guardians of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s security and order, allegations that were repeatedly rejected by relevant Iranian institutions with well-founded documents.

About the resolution adopted at the special meeting and the formation of a mechanism by the Human Rights Council regarding the recent developments in Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran was against the special meeting and considered it inconsistent, unusual and unnecessary based on the grounds and reasons for holding 34 special meetings on various countries and issues during the past years, and thus Iran considers the resolution passed at this meeting to be completely rejected.

Given the existence of a special investigation committee on the death of Ms. Mahsa Amini and the existence of a national investigation team comprised of law experts and attended by independent representatives in the main body and in relation to the latest developments in the country, the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the formation of any new mechanism to investigate the issues of the past two months in Iran as unnecessary and a violation of the country’s national sovereignty, and does not recognize the assigned mission.