A key United Nations committee has approved a draft resolution expressing "deep concern at serious human rights violations in Iran," including torture, persecution of ethnic minorities and violence against women. The General Assembly's Third Committee, which handles humanitarian issues, passed the resolution 80-44 Thursday in New York, with 57 abstaining from the vote, according to minutes from the meeting released by the United Nations... The draft resolution…also includes the high incidence in carrying out the death penalty and increased persecution against members of the Baha'i Faith in its list of human rights concerns in Iran.