Iran urges UN action to stop "defamation" of Islam - Yahoo! News
GENEVA (Reuters) -
Iran backed efforts by Islamic states on Thursday to get the
United Nations new Human Rights Council to counter what they call 'defamation of religion' around the world.
But Canada accused the Iranians of discrediting the Council by including in their delegation the state Prosecutor-General who Ottawa says was linked to the arrest and death in Tehran of a Canadian woman journalist.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the 45-member Council, holding its first-ever session, that freedom of expression 'should not constitute a pretext and a platform to insult religions and their sanctities."
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Iran backed efforts by Islamic states on Thursday to get the
United Nations new Human Rights Council to counter what they call 'defamation of religion' around the world.
But Canada accused the Iranians of discrediting the Council by including in their delegation the state Prosecutor-General who Ottawa says was linked to the arrest and death in Tehran of a Canadian woman journalist.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the 45-member Council, holding its first-ever session, that freedom of expression 'should not constitute a pretext and a platform to insult religions and their sanctities."
More details at Yahoo! News
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