WANA (Nov 20) – Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations firmly responded to the Canadian Mission’s human rights allegations regarding the anti-Iran resolution, calling these claims a form of showmanship.

 

In a statement released Wednesday evening (local time), Iran’s mission dismissed Canada’s accusations, saying: “Spare us Canada’s hypocritical rhetoric—this is a country whose record of burying thousands of Indigenous children in unmarked graves and its entrenched systemic racism is well-documented, yet it now postures as a global defender of human rights against Iran.”

 

The mission added that “If human rights had not become a geopolitical tool in the hands of the same usual group of serial offenders, it would be Canada that should be sitting in the defendant’s seat and sweating under resolutions, rather than showing off on stage!”

 

Canada had earlier welcomed the passage of its annual human-rights resolution against Iran at the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, claiming it was aimed at respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ensuring accountability.

 

The Canadian-sponsored resolution—introduced each year—was adopted on Wednesday in New York, though, as in recent years, the number of supporting votes remained lower than the combined opposing and abstaining votes.

 

Before the vote, Gholamhossein Darzi, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN, in the Third Committee meeting before the vote on the draft of Canada’s anti-Iran resolution, called it baseless and unnecessary, saying: The Islamic Republic of Iran expresses its firm opposition to this draft, which is entirely politically motivated, selective, and destructive.

 

He rejected both the substance and intent of the resolution, noting that it had neither been negotiated nor agreed upon with any delegation and served solely the political interests of its sponsor.

 

The Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN said: Tehran once again reiterates its long-standing position that country-specific resolutions are inherently confrontational. Such practices weaken genuine dialogue, destroy trust, and violate the principles of impartiality and non-selectivity that should guide the UN’s human-rights activities.

 

He stressed: “Only cooperation-based mechanisms, not pressure, can produce constructive and lasting outcomes. This draft not only fails to promote any constructive engagement but also perpetuates the same confrontational approach whose ineffectiveness has been repeatedly and consistently proven.”