Human rights violations read aloud in the U.N. Human Rights Council

Western nations slam Iran over human rights record

The UN Human Rights Council read their statement aloud despite protests from Iran. The council broadly condemned the numerous actions of Iran.

"Iran's shortcomings include "the violent suppression of dissent, detention and executions without due process of law, severe discrimination against women and minorities including people of Baha'i faith, and restrictions of expression and religion," said the statement. It was agreed to by 56 nations."

Larijani refutes these claims, but as we have seen these violations are neither "ill-founded" or "without substance".

"The head of Iran's delegation, Mohammad Javad Larijani, has rejected the U.S. criticism of his government's human rights record, saying it was mostly "ill-founded and without any substance.""