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Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi

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2022-09-24
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2023-09-24
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  1. “Human rights belong to everyone, but they are unfortunately trampled on by many Governments, as was shown by the recent discovery in a Canadian school of mass graves containing the bodies of hundreds of children of the native tribes of Canada and as is evidenced with regard to the rights of the Palestinians, the right to life of people whose lands are occupied, those who have fallen victim to terrorism and those who seek freedom and refuge only to see their children locked up in cages. All of that shows that who is accused and who the accuser must not be judged solely based on the representations of some. The right to claim to be protectors of human rights needs to be founded on something, which many lack these days.”

    2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)

  2. “The Islamic Republic of Iran rejects the double standards of some Governments vis-a-vis human rights and sees them as a major factor rendering the subject of human rights banal in the eyes of many. In Iran there has been much discussion of the death of dozens of innocent women in a Western country, and as long as there are such double standards, where attention is focused solely on one party rather than on all of us, equally, we will not have true justice and fairness.”

    2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)

  3. “A country that wants to have justice within its own territory, but then creates or trains terrorist groups and unleashes them on other nations outside its borders should be ashamed before humankind and ashamed in the face of the principles of freedom, justice and fairness. Humanity does not belong only to certain parts of the world. The Islamic Republic of Iran, drawing inspiration from its Constitution and the spiritual values on which it is based, sees the protection of human rights as one of the most effective ways to ensure and contribute to the protection of the rights of all oppressed people across the globe and considers it one of its inherent duties.”

    2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)

  4. “I am grateful and honoured to be the representative of a people and a nation who are the inheritors of a great civilization that has been free for millennia and has always managed to defeat the plots of the enemies who sought to conquer it — a nation that has always seen oppression as an existential enemy and has always fought to eradicate enslavement, from the Babylonians all the way to the Palestinians. We believe in a common fate for humankind, and we support universal justice. What we seek for ourselves, we wish for others, and what we do not wish for ourselves, we do not impose on others. The nation of Iran believes that justice leads to unity and cohesion and warfare leads to destruction.”

    2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)

  5. “Although many movements have never matured into revolution and many revolutions have deviated from their original path, the success of many people and nations, such as the nation of Iran in realizing its aspiration for an Islamic revolution, has strengthened such aspirations in the hearts of people around the world. The Islamic revolution of Iran was the result of Iranians’ drive for justice and fairness. Despite the many conspiracies that Iran has faced over the decades, it has been able to safeguard itself. As a first step, and based on an advanced social and organizational order, the Islamic Republic of Iran was created in order to ensure justice internally and bring to the world a message of justice and fairness. Spirituality and multilateralism were key components in that path.”

    2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)

  6. “The foundation of a better world is justice. All of the hopes and aspirations of humankind are built on justice. Humans have the capacity to create a framework of all-encompassing justice, which means eliminating injustice. The Islamic Republic of Iran defends the fight against injustice in all of its forms — against humankind, against spirituality, against the Almighty and against the people of the world — wherever it appears. The desire to be closer to the Creator and the Creator’s teachings exists in all humankind, and we have witnessed a willingness to change in revolutions throughout the history of humankind.”

    2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)