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The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory has warned against the possibility of repetition of the tragedy of Gaza in the West Bank.

Iran condemns US’ use of sanctions, pressures instead of diplomacy

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi lashed out at Washington for using sanctions and economic terrorism instead of diplomacy, reiterating that Tehran will welcome diplomacy with diplomacy and reject talks under pressures.

Any peace plan for Israel and Palestine will fail without framework of international law: UN expert

The international community must insist that any proposal for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the just and durable settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has to be firmly anchored in human rights and international law, a UN ...

leader dismisses US offer of talks with Iran as mere ‘deception’

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed America’s claim about seeking talks with Tehran as a “deception,” saying such an offer is merely aimed at stripping the Iranian nation of its “elements of power.”

EU environmental experts visit areas prone to dust storms in Khuzestan province

A four-member team of European experts has visited areas in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, which are prone to creating dust storms.

INSTEX without capital is like a beautiful car without fuel: Iran

Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations called on Saturday the European payment mechanism for trade with Iran, INSTEX, “a beautiful car without fuel”, saying it’s not enough at this stage.

Saudi religious thinkerfaces execution: HRW

Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a Saudi religious reformist thinker on a host of vague charges relating to his peaceful religious ideas, Human Rights Watch said.

UN warns of telecom blackout cover for Myanmar military abuses

Myanmar's army may be committing serious human rights violations under cover of a mobile phone blackout in parts of Rakhine and Chin states in the west of the country, Yanghee Lee, UN special rapporteur on Myanmar, said on Monday.

Iran's proposal on adherence to int’l commitments to be reviewed at Serbian summit

The head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Gabriela Cuevas Barron welcomed the plan of the members of the Inter-Parliamentary Group of Iran on compliance with the international obligations, saying that this issue will be discussed at the next me...

Judiciary chief receives officials from int'l bodies, envoys

Judiciary Chief Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on Monday received a number of foreign ambassadors, chargé d'affaires and representatives from different international bodies.

Iran urges US to leave Persian Gulf, warns of certain states' "thirst for war"

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the US to withdraw forces from the Persian Gulf, but warned against some regional countries’ “thirst for war”.