UN special human rights investigator banned by Iran
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The United Nations special investigator on Iran is not fazed by a senior official's announcement that he is banned from the country, saying, "He loves banning me."
Ahmed Shaheed spoke Monday, a day before presenting his report on Iran to the General Assembly's human rights committee.
Mohammad Javad Larijani, a senior judicial official, on Monday accused Shaheed of political bias.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Shaheed says he's never been allowed into Iran and has been banned every year since he was appointed in June 2011.
He pointed out, however, that technically Iran has issued a standing invitation to the U.N. the special rapporteur.
Shaheed again condemned the execution on Saturday of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a woman convicted of murdering a man she said was trying to rape her.