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| Iran says US unilateral sanctions to violate basic human rights |
| 2018-10-16 |
| [PRESSTV] Iran’s envoy to the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... has slammed Washington’s ’morally wrong’ measures against other countries, saying that unilateral sanctions amount to collective punishment and violate basic human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... . Gholamali Khoshroo on Monday regretted that the US "is addicted to sanctions" and sees it "as a tool in its toolbox in pursuance of its own national interests." "The morally wrong and ethically unjustified unilateral measures not only defy the rule of law at the international level but also infringe upon the right to development and lead to the violation of basic human rights," Khoshroo said. He made the remarks in an address to the Sixth Committee of the 73st Session of the United Nations General Assembly on 'Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization'. The Iranian envoy further noted that Tehran welcomes a report by the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, particularly where it says unilateral sanctions, aggravated by secondary sanctions seeking the "economic isolation" of the target country, amount to discrimination against the innocent population of the country concerned." "Coercive measures often lead to collective punishment of innocent civilians and violation of human rights," he noted, blasting the US’ measures against the Islamic Theocratic Republic, which have hit innocent civilians on the contrary to what American officials claim. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Iran says US unilateral sanctions to violate basic human rights So where does bringing in thugs to quell uprisings fit into this? |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-10-16 22:50 |
| #2 Pretty rich hearing the Ayatollahs crying about basic human rights |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-10-16 09:07 |
| #1 Next thing we'll hear is that Trump sexually harassed Iran. |
| Posted by: Andy Thusoth3807 2018-10-16 05:20 |