UN Human Rights envoy: Iran open to rights recommendations

Leading the Iranian delegation, Mohammad Javad Larijani, the Secretary General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, said the acceptance of a number of recommendations is an indication of Tehran's openness and commitment to promoting and protecting human rights at the national and international level.

He said the Iranian Constitution forbids torture, while the cruel practice has been authorized in the United States by a post-September 11 Senate ruling.

Larijani added that Iran rejected some of the recommendations due to what he called their "poisonous" language.

"We have rejected some of these recommendations because of … the poisonous language. The accusative tone was given to a correct substance," he said.

Iran accuses the West of using the human rights issue as a political tool to apply pressure on the country.

/Press TV/