Syria: Anti-Iran UN resolution represents Western abuse of international mechanisms

Syria has denounced a recent anti-Iran resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying it represents Western states' attempt to abuse international mechanisms in service of their own political goals.

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad made the remark during a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday.

"Syria affirms that such arbitrary, unacceptable decisions reflect a continuous method taken by Western states against independent countries in order to implement their destructive agendas in the developing countries," the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported, citing the contents of the Syrian top diplomat's conversation with Amir-Abdollahian.

The conversation took place less than a week after the UNHRC convened a meeting at the request of Germany and Iceland in Geneva to discuss alleged human rights violations in Iran during the handling of recent foreign-backed riots in the country.

The inter-governmental body voted to establish an independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the purported abuses.

The Syrian foreign minister added that the resolution was passed through West's tremendous pressures on some member countries of the council, and represents a direct violation of the sovereignty of states and their right to follow policies that suit the history and traditions of their people.

Earlier on Monday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned German Ambassador to Iran Hans-Udo Muzel, conveying to him Tehran's strong protest against the “interventionist and baseless statements” of German authorities to the ambassador.

Iran also denounced the passage of the resolution at the UN Human Rights Council as a wrong measure based on a completely politicized and instrumental approach to human rights.

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