AP, Geneva,  June 10, 2010 – The United States has urged Iran to fulfill its pledge to improve human rights almost one year after the government’s bloody crackdown on postelection protests.

Washington’s envoy to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva says Iran is still discriminating against minorities and failing to safeguard freedom of expression and assembly.

Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe urged Iran on Thursday to ’uphold all of its international commitments and to account honestly for its human rights record, particularly over the past year.’
Iran has accepted 123 recommendations in a recent review of its rights record, while rejecting 45 and reserving judgment on 20.