U.N. human rights panel condemns signs of increasing religious intolerance in Iran

GENEVA -- Using unusually strong language, the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities approved a resolution condemning the continued "flagrant violations of human rights" in Iran, taking special note of religious discrimination against Bahá'ís and others there.

The resolution, which was adopted by a vote of 15 to 6, on 25 August 1994, said the Sub-Commission was "shocked by the systematic repression of the Bahá'í community and at the situation of the Iranian Kurds and the Arab minority in Iran, and at the increasing intolerance towards Christians, including recent murders of Christian religious ministers."

The Sub-Commission said that "human rights are universal and indivisible and that the violation of internationally recognized human rights standards cannot be justified by cultural or religious considerations." It called for continued international monitoring of the situation in Iran.


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