TEHRAN, November 15 -A senior Iranian diplomat has blasted Canada for proposing a “politically-motivated” UN resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran, while Ottawa, itself, has long been involved in a broad range of human rights abuses at home and elsewhere.
TEHRAN, November 11 - Secretary of Iran's Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani blasted Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, for her support for Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization terrorist group.
TEHRAN, October 17 - The US government’s support for Saudi Arabia in its brutal war against Yemen highlights that Washington and Riyadh threaten human rights and are indifferent to human suffering, says an American analyst.
TEHRAN, September 10 - The surge in the United Kingdom's arms sales to repressive regimes such as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain truly shows that the Western countries are ready to sacrifice human rights whenever it comes to their own benefit, a political analyst said.
TEHRAN, August 19 - The Saudi-led coalition has been responsible for the deadly cholera outbreak in Yemen by causing shortages of humanitarian supplies
TEHRAN, June 6, YJC - Amnesty International has lambasted Saudi Arabia for detaining a women's rights activist for the second time, calling on the kingdom to "immediately and unconditionally" release her.
TEHRAN, April 28, YJC - Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has regretted a decision by his country to back Saudi Arabia on a United Nations committee on women’s rights.
TEHRAN, April 14, YJC - Tehran said Washington is in no position to comment on the issue of human rights after the US imposed sanctions on an Iranian individual and an organization for what it called their “rights abuses.”
TEHRAN, March 16, YJC -Human Rights Watch has voiced its deep concerns over the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)'s failure to address the situation in Bahrain.
TEHRAN, March 15, YJC - Iranian human rights delegation met with the UN Special Rapporteur for Iran Asma Jahangir in the Geneva on the sidelines of the UN 34th Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
A prominent US human rights group has criticized President Donald Trump for his campaign to “discredit, harass, and intimidate" his critics, comparing the new American leader to “demagogues in other countries.”
The Swedish government this week decided to scrap an arms deal with Saudi Arabia, effectively bringing to an end a decade-old defense agreement with the kingdom. The move followed complaints made by the Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom that she was blocked by the Saudis from speaking about democracy and women's rights at a gathering of the Arab League in Cairo.