COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF IRAN
(WorldNews Switzerland)

23 March 2017 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Iran on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Introducing the report of Iran, Mohsen Naziri Asl, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Office at Geneva, informed that Ms. Zahra Nemati, who had won the gold medal in two consecutive world Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016 and in London in 2017, was a member of the delegation. According to Islamic laws and sharia, persons with disabilities should be treated with high respect and esteem. Based on those teachings, Iran had made utmost efforts to...