Bagheri Kani slams EU double standards vis-à-vis human rights
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani strongly criticized the European Union’s deafening silence and over-compliance with the United…
Tag Archives: Iran’s human rights
Top official: UN rights expert solely to assess impact of sanctions on Iran visit
A top Iranian human rights official says a UN rapporteur’s visit to Iran is only aimed at gathering information on the impact…
UN adopts dual policy on Iran’s human rights: MPs
December 24, The Iran Project – Iranian Parliamentarians have condemned a recent UN General Assembly resolution on the state of human rights…
Iranian center compiles list of Saudi rights violations
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian human rights center released a report on Saturday enumerating more than a hundred cases of human rights…
High Commissioner for Human Rights appreciates Iran’s cooperation with intl’ bodies
Tehran, March 4, IRNA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein in a meeting with Iran’s Secretary…
Venezuela backs Iran against HR accusations
GENEVA, Mar. 03 (MNA) – Iran’s Human Rights HQ chief Mohammad Javad Larijani who is in Geneva for Human Rights Council met…
Yunesi: I. R. of Iran supports religious minorities’ freedoms
Tehran, Dec 26, IRNA – Iran supports freedoms of religious minorities and insulting true messengers of God, Including Jesus Christ (P) is…
Iran news round up – December 15, 2014
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst…
VP: Human rights not a western exclusive
TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Vice-president for legal affairs has said Iran has been a pioneer of human rights since long ago.…
Envoy hails condition of Armenian Christians in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Armenia’s ambassador to Tehran dismissed Western media outlets’ propaganda on alleged discrimination against religious minorities in Iran, hailing the…
Iran daily: High-level nuclear talks end with “no progress”
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and European Union foreign policy head Catherine Ashton have ended…
Official calls for collective efforts to develop multicultural human rights
TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani underlined the need for the participation of all countries in the…
Iran daily: Rouhani — “we will deal with the acid attacks on women”
President Rouhani has pledged action to deal with a series of acid attacks on women, which have spurred public protests in Tehran…
Iran daily: Nuclear talks resume in New York
Head of Revolutionary Guards “US-Led Coalition in Iraq is Just a Show” Iran and the 5+1 Powers resume nuclear talks in New…
Iran’s coverage: Iran FM criticizes Norway’s expulsion of Iranian students
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: FM warns Norway of negative consequences of expelling Iranian students Iran’s Foreign…
West keeps lying on rights violations in Iran
Tehran, Sept 16, IRNA – Head of Iran Judiciaryˈs Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani lashed out at Western countries saying they…
Iran to judge UN Sec-Gen report after receiving its full text
Tehran, Sept 13, IRNA – Foreign Ministry announced Saturday that it will judge a report by UN Secretary-General on human rights situation…
Commander: West not qualified to speak about Iran’s human rights
TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri said given the western states’ black record…
Iran says “no replacement” for its new UN envoy pick
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran would not ‘nominate substitute for Abutalebi’ Deputy-FM for legal and…
Spokeswoman slams Britain’s anti-Iran remarks
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham strongly criticized the British Foreign Office’s recent statement about the human rights conditions in…
Iran daily: “Serious resolve needed for nuclear agreement”
Speaking at the conclusion of the third round of nuclear talks in Vienna between Iran and the 5+1 Powers on Wednesday, Iranian…
Chief judge condemns EU ‘interference’ in human rights as arrogance
Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani denies Iran executes juveniles or persecutes Bahá’ís and accuses west of spreading promiscuity. The chief of Iran’s judiciary has accused…
EP anti-Iran resolution against Iran-EU growing ties: MPs
Tehran, April 8, IRNA – Iranian lawmakers, in a statement read in Iranˈs parliament on Tuesday, warned against negative effects of European…
European Parliament resolution on the EU strategy towards Iran
The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, in particular those of 10 March 2011 on the EU’s approach…
Zarif: European Parliament lacking legitimacy to take human rights position
TEHRAN, April 6 (MNA) – Iran’s FM has criticized the European Parliament on the Parliament’s recent fact sheet on Iran’s human rights…
Lawmaker: Iran needs to release EU’s long list of human rights violations
TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian lawmaker criticized the European Parliament’s recent human rights resolution against Iran, and called on Tehran to reciprocate the…
Commander: Traces of Zionists tricks found in EU anti-Iran resolution
Tehran, April 5, IRNA – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi on Saturday said the Zionist…
UN rights resolution politically tainted: Iran
Iran has slammed the adoption of the recent UN human rights resolution against the country as an “unconstructive, politically motivated and double-standard”…
Austrian MPs grill Iranian foreign minister over rights
(Reuters) – Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif defended Iran’s human rights record to Austrian members of parliament on Wednesday but acknowledged there…
Iran daily: “Long and intensive” Nuclear talks in Vienna
Iran and the 5+1 Powers (US, Britain, Germany, Russia, China, and France) resumed talks on a comprehensive nuclear deal in Vienna on Tuesday. Little…
Iran rejects UN report on human rights situation
Iran has dismissed a recent report by the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the Islamic Republic’s human rights situation as unsubstantiated and…
Assyrian priest: Iran safest place for religious minorities
Orumiyeh, West Azarbaijan, March 17, IRNA – Priest of Assyrian Church of the East in Orumiyeh Daryavosh Azizian said here on Monday…
Iran parliamentary delegation ends NY mission
New York, March 13, IRNA – Iranian parliamentary delegation departed for Tehran Wednesday night at the end of a visit to New…
Rights of men, women equal in Islam- MP
New York, March 13, IRNA – Senior member of the Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Halimeh Aali said on Wednesday that men and women…
Iranˈs Constitution against gender discrimination, MP
New York, March 13, IRNA – A female parliamentarian of the Iranian Majlis said the country’s Constitution is based on divine rules…
Shadi Sadr, a traitor in activist’s clothing!
An Iranian ‘activist’ who is said to be the British intelligence services’ hitwoman on Iran has stirred controversy by calling for the…
‘Purpose of US foreign policy to create bad image of Iran’ – expert
Iran, which has been repeatedly slammed by Washington over its poor human rights record, has published its own scathing report on rights…
Judiciary: UN human rights rapporteurs can visit Iran only after proving impartiality
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman and Prosecutor-General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejeii underlined that the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Ahmed…
Human rights report against Iran based on claims of anti-revolutionary elements: judiciary chief
Tehran, Jan 29, IRNA – Most charges against Iran in the new draft report by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human…