UN human rights rapporteur on Iran is in U.S. pocket: Iranian MP

TEHRAN, March 11 (MNA) – Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi said that Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, is at U.S. officials’ beck and call. Boroujerdi made the remarks in an interview on Saturday in reference to the most recent report of Shaheed, who has not been allowed to enter Iran. The 36-page report, which was released on March 7, alleges that Iran has dramatically increased executions over the past decade and abused the rights of students, women, journalists, and religious minorities, according to the Wall Street Journal. Boroujerdi, who is the chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said that Shaheed has been assigned by the United States to level allegations against Iran. “Instead of contacting Iranian officials, Ahmed Shaheed contacts counter-revolutionary elements to collect information and prepare his report and also makes arrangements with the Americans as to how to draw up the report,” he added. He also said, “The contents of Ahmed Shaheed’s reports are the repetition of the remarks by counter-revolutionary elements and are of no account.” “The Americans are the main culprits behind the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists and have no fear of admitting to carrying out such assassinations,” Boroujerdi stated, adding, “Therefore, Ahmed Shaheed’s claims are an evasive action to put a lid on the Americans’ atrocities.”