Middle East
Publisher: Iran News Update
20 Oct 2014
Despite Evidence, Iran Denies Human Rights Abuses and Regional Inteference
On Friday, Turkish Weekly reported that Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary of Iran s High Council for Human Rights, had taken to Iranian television to deny the country s various human rights abuses. This came shortly after Iran denied entry into the country for Ahmed Shaheed, the UN s Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran.