Iran's Human Rights Violations "Unfounded"

Mohammed Javad Larijani is a part the most powerful family in Iran. Ali Larijani is the Speaker of Parliament and his other brother, Sadegh Larijani, is the Head of the Judiciary. In addition to the control of two out of the three branches of Iranian government, the Larijani’s father, Mirza Hasen Amoli, was a Grand Ayatollah. Mohammed Javad Larijani is a mathematician, former parliamentarian, foreign minister who is now, among other positions, head of the human rights council.


On November 18, 2010, Dr. Larijani appeared in New York City to defend Iran’s human rights record at the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. He was unsuccessful and the United Nations approved a draft resolution, condemning Iran for severe human rights violations. Mohammed Javad Larijani placed blame on the United States and other European countries for using the concern of human rights to politically attacking Iran. The passage of the resolution will mark the seventh consecutive year the United Nations has cited human rights offenses in Iran.

The Iranian official continued his efforts to persuade foreigners of Iran’s misperceived human rights allegations by appearing on various media outlets, including Fareed Zakaria GPS. Mohammed Javad Larijani described the issue surrounding human rights in Iran as a “media blitz” and the accusations were “unfounded”. The subsequent links discredit Mohammed Javad Larijani’s statement by providing many incidents of human rights infractions reported from diverse publications (by Iranians and Non-Iranians).

 Amnesty International
 Human Rights Watch
International Campaign for Huamn Rights in Iran
 The Green Voice of Freedom

Sources: Upon request