EU to impose new sanctions on Iran: European diplomats
Iran Press TV
Fri Mar 8, 2013 9:18AM GMT
The European Union is planning to impose sanctions on nine Iranians over allegations of violations of human rights, EU diplomats say.
The new sanctions, to be announced next week, come after the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Ahmed released his fourth report in late February accusing Iran of ‘violations of human rights.’
The Iranian government dismissed the recent UN report, calling it unsubstantiated, biased, and a repetition of the Western allegations against Tehran.
On March 2, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that Ahmed Shaheed collates the information he uses to write reports accusing Iran of human rights violations from anti-Iranian media outlets and terrorist groups.
He emphasized that the Islamic Republic is eternally committed to respecting human dignity and the basic rights of the people, in line with its Constitution and religious teachings.
The Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Committee (HRC) also dismissed the report on March 5, saying it aims at intensifying pressure on the Islamic Republic.
This report has been drafted under the influence of certain hostile Western governments to mount psychological and propaganda pressure on Iran and lacks legal credibility, read a statement issued by the committee.
The EU has also imposed economic sanctions on Iran based on the unfounded allegation that Iran is seeking to produce a nuclear bomb, a claim Tehran has vehemently rejected.
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