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United Nations — United Nations Office at Geneva — Information Service — Human Rights Commission Continues General Discussion of Violations of Fundamental Freedoms in any Part of the World
--- NATIONS UNIES UNITED NATIONS - SERViCE DE L'INFORMATION - OFFICE DES NAT/ONS UN/ES A GENEVE INFORMATION SER V/CE - UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA - . Press Release HR/1034 10 March 1981 Press Release HR/l034 Page 6 T. Afsar (Iran), commenting on charges macic ‘ny some speakers in the discussion regarding -the situation in Iran, said these were without any foundation. The charges made by the represen -tative of the Baha 'i International Community were incorrec-t. The claim -tha-t there were 300,000 D ha'is in Iran was exaggerated. The figure i-ras in. fact far below this number. - As he had s-tated, the rights of religious minorities wore enshrined in the Iranian Constitution The Government and the religious majorit: group acted with eauity and justice to ards all religious minorities which had the same rigirts and duties as all other citizens under the Coi stitution . Allegations of arrests, executions and ciisappearanr'cs were ascerted, Detentions were made 12u-t only on the basis of.the decisions tribunals which functioned with in duly e etabli shed procedures, drawing principle of merc:T of Islam . JUcbar Kherad (.sghanistan) said human i ights rere respected fully in his couxrtry. His Government was deeply attached to -the United Nations Declaration .of Human Rights and co—operated with international bodies and instruments for the promotion of measures to protect the individual from brutal violations of human rights. BP000384 untrue, he o on the HUMAN RIGHTS CONMISSION CONTINUES GENERAL DISCUSSI0I OF VIOLATIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL FREHUOMS IN ANY PART OF THE iORLD