Mohammed Javad Larijani made the remarks after the end of the meeting of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee) of the United States General Assembly on Monday, in which a resolution condemning the human rights situation in Iran was adopted with support of the U.S., Britain, Canada, France, and the Zionist regime.
According to Reuters, the resolution received 86 votes in favor, 32 against and 59 abstentions.
“Most of the countries that were behind the anti-Iran resolution have an ignominious record and a dark past in this area,” Larijani stated.
Americans in the name of the campaign against terrorism have killed thousands of innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Zionists have the Palestinians’ blood on their hands, he said.
“This resolution has nothing to do with human rights but like the nuclear issue and their baseless claim (that Iran sponsors) terrorism is a new round of global hostility against Iran,” he stated.
The issue of human rights has become a tool in the hands of the West to pressure independent countries, he said, adding that Iran has always attached high importance to international cooperation, but major powers should not be allowed to take advantage of the mechanisms, which have been developed to boost international cooperation.
He also said that the Iranian nation is proud of its “religious democracy” as its greatest achievement, and will never be intimidated by Western countries’ hostile actions.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Larijani strongly criticized the United Nations and said that the UN had never been more influenced and exploited by major powers than what it is now.
In addition, the Iranian official condemned repeated violation of human rights in the U.S. and Canada and censured the U.S. for not adopting any resolution against the two countries.
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