Irans Foreign Ministry has dismissed as politically-motivated a recent report by the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic. The report which has been compiled by the special rapporteur [Ahmed Shaheed] on the basis of a resolution [which is] based on a political approach and in line with goals ...

Tehran, July 31, IRNA Secretary of human rights headquarters of Judiciary Mohammad Javad Larijani said on Sunday that Iran refuses to accept UN special human rights rapporteur and believes that appointing UN special human rights rapporteur for Iran is illegal. Asked about regular cooperation of the headquarters with government bodies, Larijani ...

Iran slams a recent decision by some Western countries and their allies to renew the mandate of the UNspecial rapporteur on human rights situation in the Islamic Republic, saying the move is legally void. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said Thursday that the decision at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to extend ...

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) FM Spokesman Jaberi Ansari said Ahmad Shaheeds report on the human rights situation in Iran has biased content and been compiled with political objectives and a discriminatory agenda. Reports of this kind are written based on the opinions of a few countries and with an aim to target other countries by misusing the international ...

Tehran, July 29, IRNA Secretary of the Human Rights Headquarters Mohammad-Javad Larijani on Wednesday strongly criticized Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, saying 'This man has turned into an actor of the media involved in anti-Iran propaganda campaign.' He said that Ahmed Shaheed,...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 12 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. News about the home stretch of nuclear talks between Iran and P5+1 dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Ettelaat: The biggest mineral find ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Irans Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani blasted the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran for giving out a politically-tainted report, and said that Ahmed Shaheed has given false information about the number of people executed in the country. "Although the Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly explained ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Foreign Ministry rejected as downright lie a recent report prepared by the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and Christof Heyns, the UN rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. The report on the alleged unreported executions in Iran or the execution of political ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Irans Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani underlined that Iran has not banned visits by the UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights, including Ahmed Shaheed, if only they adhere to the codes of ethics and principles of professionalism. "If the mechanisms of the human rights reports are observed, we have no problem ...

[caption id="attachment_112518" align="alignright" width="168"] Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham[/caption] TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian delegation has met with the the UN special rapporteur on Iran Ahmed Shaheed. Our delegations and missions visited Geneva and New York and met with Ahmed Shaheed. The delegations expressed Irans ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Irans Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani blasted the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Ahmed Shaheed, for giving out biased reports against Tehran, saying that the country will not allow rapporteurs to misuse the reporting mechanism. "We dont have any problem with the mechanism of reporting and agree with ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian lawmaker slammed the United Nations inaction on the violation of human rights in the United States, after Senate unveiled details of torture program at the CIA. Referring to the recent US Senate report released on CIA tortures, Evaz Heidarpour, member of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Irans Foreign Ministry spokeswoman slammed a UN resolution on the alleged human rights violations in the country, saying the resolution is based upon biased and non-authentic sources. The UNGA approved the resolution based on a recent report by UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Iran Ahmed Shaheed. In reply, Marziyeh Afkham condemned ...

[caption id="attachment_130649" align="alignright" width="220"] Iranian Acting Ambassador to the UN Gholam-Hossein Dehqani[/caption] Iran has criticized as political a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on alleged human rights violations in the country. Iranian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Gholam-Hossein Dehqani dismissed the resolution ...

Islamic Republic authorities have accepted a request to let two UN Human Rights rapporteurs visit Iran in the coming year. The deputy of the Iranian judiciary, who attended the Human Rights meetings in Geneva along with the Iranian delegation, told the Fars and Nasim news agencies: We have agreed that two UN rapporteurs may visit Iran, and in ...

Geneva, Nov 5, IRNA Iran honors human rights obligations, Chairman of the Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani said on Wednesday. He made the remarks in the 20th session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group. Iran honors the human rights in line with the Islamic principles and the ...

[caption id="attachment_22516" align="alignright" width="151"] Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Hossein Ali Amiri blasted the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Ahmed Shaheed, for giving out a biased reports against Tehran. "Ahmad Shaheed's ...

(Reuters) -Iranon Tuesday dismissed a U.N. investigator's allegations of severe human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic, saying the criticisms were aimed at inciting "Iranophobia and Islamophobia." The latest report, by U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in IranAhmed Shaheed, says executions in Iran have sharply increased since President ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Supreme Leader's senior advisor Ali Akbar Velayati lashed out at the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for his biased reports on Iran, and said Ahmed Shaheed takes orders from the big powers, specially the US. "The so-called human rights rapporteur speaks out whatever is dictated to him (by the West, the US in particular),...