TEHRAN Iran's permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva, Ali Khorram, denied some baseless charges made against the Islamic Republic by representatives of two nongovernmental organizations affiliated to the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO).

"Although many countries, including the U.S., Britain and Germany have identified the MKO as a terrorist organization, and while the MKO is hated by all the people around the world, it is unfortunate that it is supported in the UN Human Rights Commission," Khorram noted. The terrorist MKO used chemical weapons against the Iraqi Kurds during an attack by the Iraqi regime on Halabja in 1988. It also conducted several terrorist operations in Iran during the past year, killing or injuring a group of people, Iran's representative further said.

Khorram stressed that the UN should not be used as a venue to justify terrorist acts conducted by the MKO.

Two members of the terrorist MKO addressed the UN Human Rights Commission as representatives of the two nongovernmental organizations, International Association for Women's Rights and International Association of Democratic Lawyers. They claimed women are victims of violence and their rights are violated in the Islamic Republic.