AhlulBayt News Agency

source : IRNA
Saturday

17 April 2010

7:30:00 PM
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Islamic countries praise strengthening of human rights foundations in Iran

NAM news agency reported Tuesday from 7th Human Rights Work Group here that Islamic countries envoys there have praised strengthening of human rights foundations in Iran.

the Malaysia based the NAM news agency has quoted the representative of Qatar at the gathering as saying, “Iran keeps on improving implementation of national strategies aimed at improvement of observing the human rights standards.” NAM news agency adds. “The representative of Malaysia at the gathering, too, said at the work group that as a developing country Iran is entangled with lots of complicated challenges, but Tehran very well comprehends the need for creating a balance in upgrading the people’s cultural, social, economic and civil rights while fully observing the human rights.” The report also adds that the representative of Indonesia while praising Iran’s efforts aimed at improving the observation of human rights asked for continuation of Tehran’s cooperation with the United Nations in order to further improve such rights within the framework of the Islamic norms. The representative of Pakistan, too, in the meeting asked Iran to share its experiences in the fields of public health and other fields with the other countries. The representative of Libya in the meeting praised the conduct of the Iranian Judiciary Force in observation of neutrality and its abidance by the Islamic laws, such as granting the culprits the full right to defense. And the Algerian envoy said that Iran is the pioneer of democracy within the Islamic world, criticizing the west for not permitting Tehran to implement the rules of democracy in accordance with the needs of the day and the norms of the dear Islam.

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