Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 30 Irans Interior Minister censured the United Nations refugee agency for its criticism of the Islamic Republic of its treatment of refugees. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Nov. 30 Irans Interior Minister censured the United Nations refugee agency for its criticism of the Islamic Republic of its treatment of refugees.
In a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Saturday, Hojjatoleslam Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said that no countys treatment of refugees matched those of the Islamic Republic.
The UNHCR has cited human rights abuses against refugees in Iran.
Pour-Mohammadi said that the charges were unjust and were unacceptable to Iranian officials and the government in Tehran.
The cleric, who was formerly a senior official in the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), Irans dreaded secret police, said that Tehran expected international bodies to take into account Irans concerns about the matter.
