Shaheed’s report does Iran an injustice:Iranian justice minister

TEHRAN, March 11 (MNA) –Iranian Justice Minister Morteza Bakhtiari told on Saturday that the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed’s report does the Islamic Republic an injustice. The United Nations politically deals with human rights issues of certain countries, Bakhtiari said. Vigilant people regard human rights as a “political” tool in the hands of the hegemonistic powers, he stated, adding that Iran has suffered heavy losses in its campaign against terrorism, but a smear campaign has been launched against Iran. “However, people are awake and vigilant and will not spend time reading such reports,” Bakhtiari added. The Iranian justice minister also said, “One of the reasons behind the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran acts patiently as to whether to accept a special human rights rapporteur is that we have not” found them honest over the past 33 years.