The director general of the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s West Asia department has condemned the participation of the former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran in the MKO meeting.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that reports compiled by Javaid Rehman, former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, against the Islamic Republic have been highly political and biased, stressing that Rehman had served the MKO terrorist organization on different occasions.
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has roundly dismissed the last report by the outgoing UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the country as part of attempts by enemies to tarnish the image of the Islamic Republic.
Reuters - The U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran said on Tuesday he had asked Iran to free all political prisoners temporarily from its overcrowded and disease-ridden jails to help stem the spread of coronavirus.
There have been more than 6,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iran, making it the fourth most affected country after ...
MNA The permanent representative of Iran to the United Nations Office in Geneva slammed renewal of UN human rights rapporteur mandate on the Islamic republic, saying that this move is politically motivated.
"The appointment of a special rapporteur on Iran is an unjust and unwarranted scheme initiated by certain states in pursuit of their politically-...
Tasnim The Iranian Judiciarys High Council for Human Rights rejected recent allegations leveled against the country by the United Nations special rapporteur as baseless, saying the person is misusing his position to propaganda against the Islamic Republic.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the High Council for Human Rights said Javaid Rehmans ...
IRNA - The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday appointed Mr. Javaid Rehman as rapporteur for Iran affairs.
Rehman, a Pakistani by nationality, is a professor of Islamic law and Muslim constitutionalism at Brunel Law School.
He is replacing Ms. Asma Jilani Jahangir who was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist.
Jahangir ...