Iran dismissed a resolution from a United Nations committee rebuking Tehran for human rights violations, describing the measure as "distorted", state news agency IRNA reported.
The resolution, drafted by Canada, "interferes in Iran's internal affairs and is distorted," Iran's representative in the UN human rights committee, Peymaneh Hasteii, was quoted as saying.
"The content of the resolution is not constructive, and the current approach will discourage Iran in elevating its cooperation with the world community in the area of human rights," she added.
A UN committee on Friday approved a resolution drafted by Canada rebuking Iran for rights violations including torture, suppression of free speech and discrimination against women.
Introducing the resolution on Thursday, Canada's deputy UN ambassador Gilbert Laurin denied the move was in retaliation for the death of a Canadian photographer in police custody in Tehran in July.
"It is an example of what is wrong with the human rights situation in Iran. Sadly, it is not the only case. There are too many others," Laurin said.
Touching on the thorny issue of the slain Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi, Hasteii said: "Her murder brought remorse to all Iranians, the officials and the ordinary people... even the president and the parliament did their own independent investigations."
Kazemi died in July in police custody after being arrested for taking pictures outside Tehran's Evin prison.
Kazemi was not mentioned specifically in the resolution.
The resolution also called on Iran to "eliminate all forms of discrimination" against minorities, including Christians, Jews, Bahais and Sunni Muslims.
Hasteii answered the claim by saying: "The religious minorities in Iran, not only have freedom of worship and other liberties but also have representatives in the parliament."
The UN's Commission on Human Rights, based in Geneva, annually approved resolutions condemning the rights situation in Iran beginning in the 1980s but the measure was shot down last year.