El 2012, Javad Larijani va afirmar que el Dr. Shaheed rebia informació falsa de "grups terroristes" i també dels Estats Units i Israel, donant suport "principalment a aquells que han fundat organitzacions terroristes disfressades de defensors dels drets humans".
In 2012, Javad Larijani claimed Dr. Shaheed was being fed false information by “terrorist groups” as well as by the U.S. and Israel in support of “mostly those who have carried out terrorist organizations under the guise of human rights defenders.”