In a telephone conversation with the UN Secretary-General, Iran's Foreign Minister warned about the negative effects of the political action of the Human Rights Council on Iran's cooperation with the West. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein AmirAbdollahian made the remarks in a telephone conversation with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on ...

Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Friday described the EU's move to submit a joint statement to the Human Rights Council as unacceptable, saying that it is devoid of any value and legal status. "The statement adopts a selective approach and is invalid, as it is fundamentally in contravention tothe promotional approach to human ...

Press TV - The United Nations rights chief says any sanctions imposed on Iran, among other countries grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, should be urgently re-evaluated to support the lives of millions of people worldwide. At this crucial time, both for global public health reasons, and to support the rights and lives of millions of people ...

Press TV - The head of the Iranian Judiciary's High Council for Human Rights says countries imposing sanctions on supply of medicine to Iran are "murderers of human beings" and lack qualification to be members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Ali Baqeri-Kani made the remarks while addressing the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva,...

Press TV - Irans envoy to the UN Human Rights Council has condemned the US sanctions as a breach of the UN Charter and a major challenge to the Islamic Republics efforts to improve the human rights situation in the country. Addressing a Friday meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in Iran, Mohammad Javad Larijani ...

Reuters - European countries will urge Saudi Arabia this week to release detained activists and cooperate with a U.N.-led probe into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in the first rebuke of the kingdom at the Human Rights Council, diplomats and campaigners said. The joint statement, due to be read out on Thursday, comes amid growing concern ...

[caption id="attachment_151821" align="alignright" width="178"] Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham holds weekly press conference[/caption] TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran categorically blasted the United Nations special rapporteur on Iran, saying that the report is not presenting realities. His remarks and parts of the report have been presented ...

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,...

The Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our America (ALBA) has condemned the human rights violations committed by the Israeli regime on Palestine as well as the resentment by Tel Aviv to comply with UN recommendations. During the 24th ordinary session of the UN Council of Human rights on Monday, the Latin American bloc, represented by Ecuador, also ...

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 ...

A Bahraini opposition figure tellsPress TVthat the revolution in the Persian Gulf state is gaining momentum domestically and internationally in defiance of US and British plots against the nation. In a Wednesday interview, Saeed Shahabi, a senior member of the Bahrain Freedom Movement, described the revolution in his country as the best movement compared ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Bahraini security forces regularly detain children with no reason and subject them to ill-treatment that may amount to torture. The rights organization said in a report on Sunday that information received from victims, family members and local human rights activists showed children are often being held in detention for ...

[caption id="attachment_36292" align="alignright" width="210"] Bahrainis hold an anti-regime protest in a suburb of Manama, June 15, 2013.[/caption] The Bahrain Center for Human Rights has called on the United States and other Western allies of the Bahraini regime to pressure Manama into releasing all political prisoners. The human rights group said ...