Iran invites UN human rights chief who criticized Tehran's crackdown on opposition
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has invited the U.N. human right chief who recently criticized Tehran's crackdown on the opposition following the country's disputed presidential election last June.
The government-owned Borna website says Iran's rights official Mohammad Javad Larijani extended the invitation to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in a meeting with the Swiss ambassador in Tehran.
The report was posted late Wednesday. It does not provide details about when Pillay's visit might take place.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Pillay expressed concern in March over Iran's deteriorating human rights situation and criticized the crackdown on the opposition.
Iran has handed down a dozen death sentences so far and sentenced more than 80 opposition activists to prison terms.