TEHRAN, April 22 - The number of beheadings in Saudi Arabia during the first quarter of 2018 rose by over 70 percent in comparison with the corresponding period last year, a new report by a nonprofit organization says.
TEHRAN, April 22 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected as “baseless, biased and politically-motivated” the latest human rights report issued by the US Department of State against Tehran.
TEHRAN, April 13 - The European Union (EU) has extended its “ human rights ” sanctions against Iran ahead of a debate among the divided member states on more anti-Tehran bans under other pretexts with the aim of satisfying US President Donald Trump and keep Washington in the Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, March 26 - Iran slammed a recent resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic, saying it proves that a few countries are abusing the world body’s human rights mechanisms.
TEHRAN, March 20 - The United Nations has called on Ankara to end a state of emergency in place in the country since 2016, saying it has led to “massive and serious” rights violations in the southeastern Kurdish-majority areas.
TEHRAN, March 15 - US President Donald Trump’s new nominees for secretary of state and CIA director are deeply troubling because of their past endorsements of torture, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
TEHRAN, March 13 -Iran says it remains committed to engage in constructive and frank cooperation with the UN on human rights but has complained of double standards, politicization and hypocrisy.
TEHRAN, March 12 - Rodrigo Duterte has once again harshly lashed out at UN human rights officials planning to probe alleged extrajudicial killings in his war on drugs, and claimed full responsibility for the “lawful” actions of law enforcers.
TEHRAN, March 9 - The United Nations human rights chief says Myanmar is making “serial denials” of the state-sponsored abuses carried out against Rohingya Muslims, shortly after a Myanmarese official demanded evidence of alleged genocide.
TEHRAN, March 7 - The U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday he was shocked at repressive policies being pursued in the United States and Europe, especially the increasingly harsh treatment of migrants.
TEHRAN, March 7 - The United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday that crimes against humanity may have been committed in Venezuela and voiced alarm at "the erosion of democratic institutions" in the Andean nation.
TEHRAN, March 2 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi blasted the recent UN Secretary General António Guterres’s report on Iran’s human rights situation, calling it ‘biased’.
TEHRAN, February 22 -World leaders are undermining human rights for millions of people with regressive policies and hate-filled rhetoric, but their actions have ignited global protest movements in response, a rights group said.
TEHRAN, January 29 - For years, Western countries and companies held claims about being champions of human and animal rights, sometimes going to great lengths in using such rights as a tool to criticize other countries and a pretext to hide the ulterior political motives that were behind such criticism. However, new reports emerging on Western media from time to time reveal that their claims to advocating human and animal rights may not be as genuine as they claim.
TEHRAN, January 18 - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the United Nations to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia's military leaders, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who also serves as the defense minister, over atrocities committed in the war on Yemen.
TEHRAN, January 18 -US President Donald Trump’s rise to power and his knack for populist policies has dealt a blow to the global campaign for human rights , says Human Rights Watch, hailing the growing wave of resistance against “authoritarian populists.”
TEHRAN, December 5 - Amnesty International says 58 activists were killed in Brazil during the first eight months of the year, putting 2017 on track to be one of the deadliest years for human rights defenders in the country.
TEHRAN, November 15 - Iran reacted to a recent rights resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly censuring Tehran for alleged “ human rights abuses,” noting that some backers of the resolution were themselves among major and “discredited” violators of human rights and supporters of terrorism.