Iran rejects UN draft resolution on human rights

The Canadian-drafted resolution on rights situation in Iran was approved by the UN assembly's Third Committee Tuesday with 83 voted favouring it, 36 opposing and 62 abstaining.


In his report released last month, which is the first after moderate President Hassan Rouhani took office in August, Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, charged Iran with high cases of execution and restrictions on freedom of speech.

The report said that there has been "no sign of improvement" in Iran's human rights situation.