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.""

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President Obama Addresses the Human Rights of Iranian

Today President Obama addressed the tragedy of last years election violence and the consequences of ignoring the human rights of the citizens of Iran. He also describes how the actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran affect others.

"Saturday will mark one year from the day that an election captivated the attention of the world -– an event that should have been remembered for how the Iranian people participated with remarkable enthusiasm, but will instead be remembered for how the Iranian government brutally suppressed dissent and murdered the innocent, including a young woman left to die in the street.

Actions do have consequences, and today the Iranian government will face some of those consequences. Because whether it is threatening the nuclear non-proliferation regime, or the human rights of its own citizens, or the stability of its own neighbors by supporting terrorism, the Iranian government continues to demonstrate that its own unjust actions are a threat to justice everywhere."

Remarks by the President on United Nations Security Council Resolution on Iran Sanctions

Open Letter to His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Members of the UN General Assembly

Open Letter to His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Members of the UN General Assembly

Dr. Shirin Ebadi calls for the UN to reject Iran's addition to the UN Human Rights Council because it has not addressed its own violations. She identified religious persecutions, limited rights of women, and excessive punishment in her letter.