05 / October / 2016 14:13

Iran, Brazil stress enhancing human rights cooperation

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani and Brazilian Deputy Foreign Minister Marcus Galvan in a meeting on Monday called for mutual cooperation on human rights issues.

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“That the West calls Iran as violator of human rights, but not take any stance on the human rights conditions in other countries, including some regional states, is a double-standard and unacceptable,” Larijani said during the meeting.

He underlined that human rights is not a western commodity or gift; it come out of a society and emerge through cultural, religious and ideological principles of each country, reports IRNA. 

Galvan, for his part, pointed to the status quo of Tehran-Brasilia relations, and said, “The Brazilian government highly prioritizes broadening of its relations with Iran.”

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