Iran won't allow UN envoy to enter Iran: MPs

Iran reacted toward UN Human rights Council’s special envoy on Iran affairs to arrive in Iran. Two MPs indicated The Islamic republic will not accept the new UN investigator Ahmed Shaheed on Iran affairs, IRNA reported.

‘The parliament Human Right commission discussed the issue in recent session and it is insisted that Iran will not permit Shaheed to enter the country,’ Deputy of Human Right Commission Mohammadkarim Abedi said.

‘Despite parliament respect for appointment Former Foreign Minister of the Maldives who is a Muslim as a new special investigator the admission of UN special rapporteur on Human Right for Iran is unacceptable,’ conservative MP Zohreh Elahiyan said in parliament Sunday session.

The MP indicated the UN special rapporteur appointed on political and hidden intentions however she invited Ahmad Shaheed to visit Iran’s tourist attractions.

The Iranian government has not expressed any comment on the subject yet however the foreign ministry spokesman earlier called the UN decision ‘political and unjustifiable’
A former foreign minister of the Maldives, Ahmed Shaheed, was named United Nations human rights investigator on Iran on Friday, the first in nearly a decade.

The UN Human Rights Council established the independent post of special rapporteur on human rights in Iran on March 24, a move spearheaded by Washington that will subject Tehran's record to scrutiny.

The 47-member forum has voiced concern at Iran's crackdown on opposition figures and increased use of the death penalty and called on the Islamic Republic to cooperate with its new envoy.


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