UPDATE:
After the Special Rapporteur’s presentation, Javad Larijani took to the microphone and, with an angry tone and inappropriate language, launched a verbal attack on the report. He called Ahmad Shaheed “ignorant” and “biased,” stating that the current trend at the Human Rights Council is “a new phenomenon” that has been developed under the “United States of America and its European collaborators and Zionist mafia.”
During his talk, Larijani’s tone and language surprised the attendees to the point that the head of the session interrupted him and the US representative protested that the representative from Iran was using language inappropriate for the gathering. A European diplomat told the Campaign, “The conduct of the Iranian representative [Javad Larijani] was not appropriate for a UN meeting. It is inaccurate to tie anything that happens with respect to Iran to the US. The media and civil society in Europe and in other countries are sensitive to the violations of human rights in Iran, and this is why they talk about it.”
Larijani continued his response by saying that the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes cooperation with human rights mechanisms, even though he called Shaheed “ignorant” and accused his report of lacking any substance.
After member states spoke for and against the Iran report, Shaheed presented his replies and Larijani spoke again. Larijani once more questioned the report’s accuracy, stating that he wished to repeat that the report is “biased” and “unprofessional” and contains a large number of “unfounded claims.” He said that even if someone repeats a false statement one hundred times, his lies won’t turn into facts.
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