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Pakistan wins election to UN Human Rights Council

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 21:01
Pakistan has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) with an overwhelming majority securing 169 votes in the 193-member UN General Assembly.

Iran criticises West's double standard on human rights

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:18
Tehran (IP) - Head of the Iranian Judiciary's High Council for Human Rights said those countries that put the heaviest pressures on the Iranian nation cannot claim advocacy of human rights.

Saudi Arabia fails to join UN human rights council

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 01:37
Saudi Arabia failed in its attempt to win a place on the board of the 47-seat UN human rights council for the next three years.

Hundreds detained during unauthorized protests across Belarus: Unofficial sources

Monday, 12 October 2020 05:50
At least 564 people were detained during the unauthorized protests held across Belarus on Sunday, the Vesna human rights center, unregistered by the republic’s authorities, said.

Iran's Representative to UN: US speech on human rights; bitter irony of history

Thursday, 08 October 2020 08:40
Criticizing US economic terrorism against the Iranian people, Iran's representative to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly said that the speech of the United States and its allies on human rights is a bitter irony of history.

Iran prosecutes 46 Americans

Monday, 05 October 2020 20:35
Tehran (IP) - Secretary of the High Council for Human Rights said: "The Secretary, in cooperation with relevant agencies, including the Ministry of Intelligence, collected the names of 46 Americans and legal entities involved in the oppressive sanctions against Iran and submitted them to the Tehran Prosecutor's Office for prosecution."

Europeans are accomplice of US crime in sanctioning Iran

Wednesday, 30 September 2020 18:41
Tehran (IP): The Secretary of the Human Rights Headquarters of the Iranian Judiciary said that the Europeans are accomplices of the US' crime in sanctioning Iran.

Iran rejects accusations on human rights as baseless

Wednesday, 30 September 2020 10:34
The ambassador and permanent representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh said that the allegations made in the biased statement of some Western countries about human rights in Iran were lack of strong evidence and facts.

Western governments, biggest violator of Iranian rights

Saturday, 26 September 2020 14:23
Tehran (IP) - Reacting to the claims of some Western governments about human rights violations in Iran, the Secretary of the Human Rights Headquarters of the Iranian Judiciary, Ali Baqeri stated that the biggest violators of the rights of the Iranian people are the Western governments.

Iran considers EU Joint Statement to UNHRC unacceptable

Friday, 25 September 2020 23:29
Tehran (IP) - Reacting to the EU statement on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said: "The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the EU action as unacceptable."