Human Rights
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Iran rejects ‘unfounded’ Canada-pushed rights resolution, urges Ottawa to improve own actions
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei has urged Canadian officials to correct their own actions and to be accountable for their complicity in Israeli war crimes against Palestine, instead of levelling accusation on other countries.
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'Instrumentalization of human rights discourses jeopardizes integrity of its framework'
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that the instrumentalization of human rights discourses for political interests plus double standards and selective treatments seriously jeopardizes the integrity of the human rights framework.
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Anti-Iran resolution at UNGA politically-motivated: Iran FM spox
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the adoption of a resolution against the Islamic Republic in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly under the pretext of human rights.
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Iran rejects ‘unjust’ human rights resolution pushed by Canada at UN committee
New York, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi has categorically rejected the “unjust and politically motivated resolution” on the human rights situation in her country.
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FODASUN urges int'l bodies to play active role in fostering peace in crisis regions
Tehran, IRNA – The Foundation of Dialogue and Solidarity of the United Nations (FODASUN) has urged the United Nations and other international organizations to play an active role in fostering peace in crisis regions and defending nations' rights.
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Iran urges int’l bodies to document gross HR violations by Zionist regime
Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has urged all international organizations to document the gross violation of human rights by the Zionist regime.
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Westerns’ claim on human rights a lie, says Pezeshkian
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says the recent explosion of communication devices by the Zionist regime resulting in the killing of women, children, elderly people shows that what Westerners claim about human rights and humanity is completely a lie.
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Palestinians have right to resist oppression: UN rapporteur
New York, IRNA -The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has said that Palestinians have the right to resist oppression by the occupying regime.
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‘West disgraced over Israeli war crimes against Palestinians’
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani says Israeli war crimes against Palestinians have brought disgrace on the self-styled advocates of human rights in the West.
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Pakistani politician calls US ‘violator of human rights’ over its support for Israeli crimes
Islamabad, IRNA – The president of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Assembly of Islamic Clerics) political party has said that the US is not in a position to claim defending human rights as it is the main supporter of Israeli crimes in Gaza.
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UN official warns against repetition of Gaza tragedy in West Bank
Tehran, IRNA – The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory has warned against the possibility of repetition of the tragedy of Gaza in the West Bank.
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Iran's HR chief rebukes ex-UN HR rapporteur presence alongside MKO terror leader
Tehran, IRNA - Kazem Gharibabadi, the Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, has vehemently criticized Javaid Rehman, the former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, for appearing alongside the leader of the notorious terrorist group, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO).
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Iranian official slams ex-UN HR rapporteur presence alongside terror cults
Tehran, IRNA – A member of Iran’s Guardian Council, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaee, said that the presence of the former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Javaid Rehman alongside terror cults speaks volumes.
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UN human rights rapporteur calls for punishing Israel for Gaza genocide
Tehran, IRNA – The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory has called for punishing the Israeli regime for its genocide in the Gaza Strip.
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Iran presents report to UN committee on elimination of racial discrimination
Tehran, IRNA – The Islamic Republic of Iran has provided the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with a report on the improvement of the situation in the country in this regard.
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Iran urges Islamic countries to protect Palestinian rights
Tehran, IRNA -- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has called for Islamic nations to support Palestinians' rights in a more effective way.
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Islamic Human Rights Day focuses on oppression against Palestinians: Official
Tehran, IRNA – The vice chairman of Iran’s Judiciary for International Affairs says that the Day of Islamic Human Rights has turned the spotlight on the oppression against the Palestinian people.
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Germany; A shameful record in human rights
Tehran, IRNA - In a controversial move, the German government has shut down the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH), a prominent institution with nearly sixty years of history and a significant hub for Shia Muslims in Europe. This has drawn criticism over Germany’s double standards, especially as Berlin has remained largely silent in the face of grave human rights violations committed by Israel.
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‘Javaid Rehman’s reports on Iran completely political, biased’
Tehran, IRNA – The reports compiled by outgoing UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Javaid Rehman against the Islamic Republic have been highly political and biased, says an expert in international law.
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Iran slams ex-HR rapporteur’s anti-Iran report
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned the false report by former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Javaid Rehman.
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HR chief: Special judicial unit to be formed to address lawsuits, int'l crimes
Tehran, IRNA – Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has said that a special judicial complex will be established in Tehran province to address international lawsuits and crimes.
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Iran's HR chief: US only makes gesture of supporting human rights
Tehran, IRNA – Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi said that the United States only makes a gesture of supporting human rights.
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Gaza war ‘black mark’ on US human rights record: Iran rights official
Tehran, IRNA – Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has said that the slogan “Gaza is the black mark of the US human rights record” has been chosen for the “Week to Review and Expose the American Human Rights.”
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Palestine issue, acid test for global community: Spox
Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has described the issue of Palestine as a demanding test for the global community, the nations, the governments, and the international human rights bodies.
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Iran HR chief urges speeding up return of autistic child from Denmark
Tehran, IRNA – In a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kazem Gharib-Abadi, secretary of the High Council for Human Rights called for the acceleration of the return of an autistic Iranian child from Denmark to his family.
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Iran FM exposes Europe’s empty human rights rhetoric
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says what is happening in Gaza is a serious test for Europe, which claims to champion human rights.
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UN official: Gaza war at "another critical juncture"
Tehran, IRNA – UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has said that the war in the Gaza Strip is at another critical juncture.
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Iran announces sanctions on US, UK for supporting Israeli crimes against Palestinians
Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has announced sanctions on more than two dozen American and British individuals and entities over their support for the Israeli regime in its terrorist acts and human rights violations against the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza.
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Official: Iran to adopt more active approaches on human rights
Tehran, IRNA -- Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has said that Iran's approach to the issue of human rights will become more active in the future, adding that the country will not merely defend its human rights records and will seek to demand answers on rights violations in other countries.
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HCHR reacts to US misleading report on HR situation in Iran
Tehran, IRNA — The High Council for Human Rights (HCHR) of the Islamic Republic of Iran has responded to the so-called annual report of the United States on the situation of human rights in various countries including the Islamic Republic.