Iran does not claim to have a spotless human rights record, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday after criticism from his Austrian counterpart. Michael Spindelegger said he had called on Iran to release two women's rights activists and had asked about three American hikers set to go on trial later this month.
"We are concerned about the overall climate and certain approaches. I spoke in particular about the arrest of two women's rights activists - Mahnaz Mohammadi and Maryam Majd," he told a news conference after a one-hour meeting with Salehi. Salehi, who was in Vienna for talks with the UN nuclear watchdog chief, said Iran was determined to improve its human rights situation.
"No country in the world can claim to have a spotless human rights record, a perfect situation. We do not claim that everything is perfect in our country," he said in comments translated into German from Farsi. "(We are) determined to ensure protection of human rights, fundamental rights."
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