TEHRAN, Nov 13_ The report of the UN Human Rights Council periodic summit was inspected tonight in Iranian evening news in an exclusive interview with the Secretary of Human Rights of the judiciary municipal Mohammad Javaad Larijani.
TEHRAN, Sept 23- In reaction to EU Parliament's anti Iranian resolution, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said Monday "Iran does not need others' biased and opportunistic emphasis for observing human rights ."
TEHRAN, Sept 13 - Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN's European office in Geneva said the negative effects of sanctions and unilateral coercive measures on people’s enjoyment of basic human rights are considered as crimes against humanity.
TEHRAN, Jul 29- Attempts to secure the release of imprisoned Nigerian Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky have suffered a fresh setback with the adjournment of a court hearing that was due to decide whether the ailing leader of the African country's Islamic movement should be freed to receive urgent medical treatment.
TEHRAN, Jul 29 - The United States has kept silent on Bahrain’s recent execution of three pro-democracy campaigners in defiance of international calls, showing no proclivity to express support for the innocent victims, which manifests American hypocrisy concerning democracy and human rights issues.
TEHRAN, Jul 18 - Iran has condemned the West’s double standards on human rights , saying the issue is used by “a few states” as a political tool to exert pressure on the countries they disfavor.
TEHRAN, Jul 11 - A senior Republican senator in the US Congress has introduced a bipartisan bill that would punish Saudi Arabia for its extensive violations of human rights , including the war on the people of Yemen and over the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
TEHRAN, Jun 28 - Poland's government needs to do more to preserve judicial independence and avoid "undermining public confidence in it," the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights said in a report published on Friday.
TEHRAN, May 29 - Turkey is moving backward in its quest to join the European Union and its membership talks will remain frozen, the bloc's executive arm said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, May 21- The British government’s cuts to welfare over the past decade have caused a “hunger crisis” by leaving tens of thousands of poor families across the country without enough food to eat, according to a damning report by Human Rights Watch.
TEHRAN, May 07 -A UN rights expert has slammed unilateral US sanctions against Iran, Cuba and Venezuela, saying the use of economic measures for political purposes violates human rights and international law.
TEHRAN, Mar 15 - Tehran dismisses the Iran section of the US administration's annual " human rights " report as untrue and politically motivated, saying Washington has turned into the "biggest violator" of the Iranian people's human rights by slapping the nation with unlawful economic sanctions.
TEHRAN, Mar 14 - China responded to new U.S. allegations of widespread human rights abuses with its own accusations of prejudice and interference, saying Thursday that Washington should drop its "Cold War mentality" and stop interfering in China's internal affairs.
TEHRAN, Mar 06 - Social media firms and foreign investors must do more to ensure they support human rights in Myanmar, U.N. Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee said on Tuesday, suggesting Facebook was failing to treat parties to the country's conflict even-handedly.
TEHRAN, Feb 21 - Five independent experts linked to the U.N. human rights office are calling for quick and impartial investigations of mistreatment by Indonesian security forces of indigenous Papuans, including alleged killings, unlawful arrests and use of snakes to terrorize.
TEHRAN, December 24 - A Myanmar court has heard arguments in the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act.
TEHRAN, December 17 - Dozens of human rights groups have called on Bahraini authorities to release prominent opposition figure and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab, who is due to stand trial later this month, as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its crackdown on political dissidents in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, November 16 - Iran has condemned a United Nations resolution that accuses it of human rights violations, stressing that the measure's sponsors are playing a "political charade."
TEHRAN, November 08 - A draft U.N. resolution would strongly condemn the continuing "gross human rights violations and abuses" against Rohingya Muslims and urgently call on Myanmar's government to end discrimination and provide a path to citizenship for the embattled minority.
TEHRAN, November 05 - Saudi Arabia faces tough grilling at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The human rights session is expected to pose grave questions to Riyadh over a deadly Saudi-led war on Yemen as well as the recent killing of a dissident by Saudi agents in Turkey.