US lobbies for UN rights sleuth on Iran
The United States is quietly lobbying to establish a United Nations special investigator on human rights abuses in Iran, for the first time in a decade, diplomats and activists said on Thursday. The US delegation to the UN Human Rights Council has sought support from countries in all regions for a draft resolution that would put Iran's government back in the international limelight for alleged violations, they added.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi are to address the 47-member forum on Monday at the start of a three-week session. The two countries are at odds over Iran's nuclear programme which Washington and its allies fear is aimed at developing atomic weapons. (Reuters)
