Independent UN experts are calling for an arms embargo against Israel, stating that exporting countries risk violating international humanitarian law if the weapons supplied are used in the Gaza war, they said in Geneva on Friday.

Authorities of the war-torn Gaza Strip have warned that as many as 700,000 people could starve to death north of the Palestinian territory as Israel severely restricts humanitarian aid to the densely populated territory.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says Israel’s US-backed genocidal war on the Gaza Strip plucked the mask from the face of self-proclaimed champions of human rights.

The Vice-President of the Judiciary for International Affairs and the Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights, referring to Iran's lawsuit in the International Court of Justice against the sanctions, said: “The imposers and implementers of cruel and inhumane sanctions agains...

The Human Rights Defender Award was given to a female director in the section of “Manifestation of People's Will” at the 42nd Fajr Film Festival.

Israel's indiscriminate attacks have killed more than 70 Palestinian civilians across the central part of the Gaza Strip, which has been under the regime's genocidal war for more than four months.

The Icelandic Red Cross, UNICEF Iceland, Save the Children Iceland, and the Icelandic Human Rights Centre strongly criticise a draft bill that would establish detention centres for asylum seekers in Iceland. In its current form, the bill allows for the detention of children for up to nine days and p...

The spokesperson for the United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) James Elder reported on the critical situation of 17,000 children in Gaza who have been orphaned due to the Zionist regime of Israel’s war on the enclave.

The Swedish Court of Appeals has made a wrong and very disappointing decision to confirm the life sentence handed to Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official who has been illegally incarcerated in Sweden, his Swedish lawyer says.

Iran’s Deputy President for Women and Family Affairs Ensieh Khaz’ali says the country has started to offer free insurance to breastfeeding women and children under five years of age.