TEHRAN ( WNAM MONITORING ): Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei called on Europe not to follow the US in imposing illegal sanctions against Iranian people.
He criticized certain European countries, including Britain and Germany, for misusing human rights mechanisms to pressure developing countries.
Baghaei condemned these countries for spearheading an anti-Iranian resolution in the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying that the resolution was legally invalid. He argued that resolution was based on malice, unsubstantiated claims, sweeping generalizations, conclusions based on one or a few alleged violations, contradictions, and undocumented allegations attributed to unnamed sources.
The Iranian diplomat highlighted the records of Britain, Germany, France, Canada, and other sponsors and supporters of the resolution over the past two years regarding human rights violations in West Asia, particularly the genocide in Gaza and Israel’s crimes against the people of Syria and Lebanon, and said that these countries are in no position to lecture on human rights.
He explained that Britain is among the largest arms providers to Israeli and its foreign minister believes that proving a genocide in Gaza requires millions of deaths. He criticized Germany as the second provider of arms used in the Israeli genocide of Gazans, adding that the German foreign minister openly gave permission to massacre innocent Palestinian women and children,
He reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s commitment to protect human rights and freedom in accordance with its constitution and laws, and international documents and agreements approved by the Iranian government. He emphasized that the Islamic Republic is the outcome of a popular revolution and spares no efforts to discover and remove human rights violations.
He emphasized Iran’s continued cooperation with the United Nations human rights mechanisms to foster global progress in this area.
Baghaei said that certain countries, especially Germany and Britain, use human rights council as a tool to impose their own political ideas on other countries, which undermines the council and disrupts the cooperation and synergy between countries to foster global progress in human rights.
