Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran before action on draft resolution A/C.3/73/L.42 in the Third Committee
(WorldNews Iran)

Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran before action on draft resolution A/C.3/73/L.42 in the Third Committee (15 November 2018) Mr. Chairman, During a century-long struggle of Iranians for the causes of human rights and democracy, the same destructive forces behind the resolution that the Committee is going to act upon, have done everything in their power to suppress or derail them. Orchestrating a military coup in 1953 against a democratically-elected government, unconditionally supporting a despotic ruler for the following two and half decades, supporting a war of aggression against Iranians during the 1980s, providing chemical weapons and reconnaissance to Saddam to target Iranians,...