TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's envoy to the UN offices in Geneva Mohsen Naziri Asl, whose country chairs the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), underlined the block's condemnation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and urged the UN Human Rights Council to take tough action against the terrorist group's crimes in Iraq. The Iranian envoy made the remarks ...

ISLAMABAD: Iran has eulogized Pakistans position in the world bodys Human Right Council (HRC) and showed gratitude for the support that Pakistan provided it in the course of deliberations and other interactions in the council. Highly placed diplomatic sources told The News here Friday that Irans envoy for the United Nations headquarters in Geneva,...

Iran has dismissed a recent report by the United Nations special rapporteur on the Islamic Republics human rights situation as unsubstantiated and against international norms. On Monday, Irans Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Mohsen Naziri-Asl rejected the report prepared by Ahmed Shaheed, saying the report is based ...

Geneva, Dec 12, IRNA Irans ambassador and permanent representative in Geneva said here Wednesday Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) believes blocking the path for the scientific and peaceful activities of the countries is not justifiable under any condition. Mohsen Naziri-Asl, who was speaking on behalf of the NAM at an Annual Meeting of the non-proliferation ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The 120-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) deplored Israel's continued construction activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, and asked the UN Human Rights Council to take action against the Zionist regime's aggressive moves. The condemnation was made in a statement read at the 24th Session of the UN Human Rights Council ...

[caption id="attachment_29168" align="alignright" width="240"] File photo shows foreign-backed militants in Syria.[/caption] An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has reaffirmed the Islamic Republics stance that the ongoing crisis in Syria should be settled solely through political approaches. Addressing a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council ...

[caption id="attachment_30690" align="alignright" width="210"] A general view of the UN Human Right Council in debate on Syria in Geneva, May 29, 2013[/caption] Iran has strongly criticized as "one-sided" the UN Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) recent resolution against Syria, calling on the international community to change its approach to the Syria ...