Iran condemns UN expert report on 1980s ‘atrocity crimes’
Tehran: Iran on Wednesday condemned a report by a United Nations expert that accused the country of “atrocity crimes” against minorities and killings in the 1980s.Javaid Rehman, the UN’s independent special rapporteur on the rights situation in Iran, on Monday called for a probe into allegations Iran committed summary, arbitrary and extra-judicial executions in 1981-1982 and in 1988.He said in a statement, after releasing a report with his detailed findings, that the actions “amounted to crimes against humanity of murder and extermination, as well as genocide.”
Tehran: Iran on Wednesday condemned a report by a United Nations expert that accused the country of “atrocity crimes” against minorities and killings in the 1980s.Javaid Rehman, the UN’s independent special rapporteur on the rights situation in Iran, on Monday called for a probe into allegations Iran committed summary, arbitrary and extra-judicial executions in 1981-1982 and in 1988.He said in a statement, after releasing a report with his detailed findings, that the actions “amounted to crimes against humanity of murder and extermination, as well as genocide.”
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