In reaction to the report of Special Rapporteur, Javid Rahman, on situation of human rights in Iran, an Iranian diplomat said that purpose of such reports is only to use human rights as a tool against countries.
Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Islamic Republic of Iran to United Nations Zahra Ershaditold the76th Session of the United ...
FNA- Tehran blasted the UN Human Rights Council's politically-motivated and selective approach, and asked the world body to put an end to the mission of the special human rights rapporteur in Iran.
"Given the noticeable human rights progress made in the Islamic Republic of Iran and its extensive and constructive interactions with the international ...
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 ...
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) - 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 ...
[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),...
[caption id="attachment_22516" align="alignright" width="147"] Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran[/caption]
Iran says a recent report by the UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic is biased and politically-motivated.
A member of the Iranian Permanent Mission ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Irans Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani said the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Ahmed Shaheed, is supporting terrorists.
"One of the problems with Ahmed Shaheed is that he is a staunch supporter of terrorism because he calls terrorist suspects as advocates of human rights like his support for those terrorists ...
President Rouhani has pledged action to deal with a series of acid attacks on women, which have spurred public protests in Tehran and Isfahan.
Rouhani saidafter a Cabinet meeting on Sunday that the Government will pursue the cases with all its might, and that the attackers will be harshly dealt with.
The President said that the Interior, Intelligence,...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Irans Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani said the country is not afraid of visits by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, but it has a problem with such a visit by Ahmed Shaheed due to various reasons.
"We are certainly not afraid of Ahmed Shaheed's presence in Iran," Larijani said, addressing a conference ...
Tehran, Oct 17, IRNA - Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights said Tehran opposed any visit by the UN human rights rapporteur, Ahmed Shaheed, due to his invalid reports against the Islamic Republic.
Mohammad Javad Larijani made the remarks in an interview with an Iranian TV channel on Thursday night.
Ahmed Shaheed has become a puppet in ...
A senior Iranian official has questioned the legality of appointment ofa UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, calling on Ahmed Shaheed, the current rights investigator on the Islamic Republic, to resign.
Appointing a special rapporteur on Iran requires some justification, Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Mohammad ...
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