TEHRAN, June 19 (Xinhua) — Iran will not allow the UN human rights special rapporteur to travel to the country over human rights issues, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.
The deputy chief of Iranian Parliament’s Human Rights Committee, Mohammad-Karim Abedi, told IRNA that in the meeting session of the committee on Sunday it was emphasized that the UN Human Rights special rapporteur not to be allowed into the country.
On Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council chose former Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ahmed Shaheed as its human rights investigator on Iran.
The council established the independent post of special rapporteur on human rights in Iran on March 24 to evaluate Iran’s human rights record.
