Iran has dismissed as politically-motivated a UN resolution critical ofthe countrys human rights record, saying Tehran attaches no value to any resolution adopted based on ulterior political motives. Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari made the remarks on Friday a day after the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly ...

Tehran, Oct 12, IRNA - Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Sunday blasted the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, for releasing an unjust report about human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Speaking in a local ceremony, he criticized Shaheed's methodology of compiling report and said that the UN human ...

Iran and the 5+1 Powers (US, Britain, Germany, Russia, China, and France)resumed talks on a comprehensive nuclear dealin Vienna on Tuesday. Little detail was offered on the discussions; however, Irans lead nuclear negotiator, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, said the dates of April 7-9has already been set for the third round of talks. Araqchi ...

Nasim Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary of Irans High Council for Human Rights, called UN human rights report of Iran full of technical flaws, blaming the western countries for interfering in Irans domestic affairs. In a news conference on Tuesday, March, 18, Larijani described the series of UN reports on Irans human rights situation as a propaganda ...

Orumiyeh, West Azarbaijan, March 17, IRNA - Priest of Assyrian Church of the East in Orumiyeh Daryavosh Azizian said here on Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is the safest country for all religious minorities. Talking to IRNA, Azizian condemned a recent anti-Iran human rights report by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, terming the report ...

Tehran, March 15, IRNA Speaker of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) on Saturday condemned a recent anti-Iran human rights report by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, terming the report as ?shameful.? On March 11, the UN chief in a new report to the UN human rights council, accused President Hassan Rouhani?s administration of having failed to improve ...

TEHRAN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Thursday dismissed a recent UN report on its human rights situation, saying the report was "unacceptable and politically-motivated." Iran's foreign ministry said the recent report by UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon" lacks credibility and legality, because it used "undocumented and illegal accusations" against ...