Iran has released a jailed Danish citizen in lieu for freedom of two Iranian nationals, Iranian Deputy Judiciary Chief Kazzem Gharibabadi announced.

The arrested Iranian citizen in Sweden, Hamid Nouri, has broken the record of solitary confinement in the history of Sweden, according to media reports.

The testimonies of survivors of Canada’s residential school system were appalling, a UN expert said today, urging the Government to fully implement recommendations of a 2015 truth commission to achieve meaningful reconciliation and accountability in the country.

Iranian national Hamid Nouri, who has been illegally incarcerated by the Swedish government for over three years, has been targeted with very tough, inhumane restrictions including ongoing solitary confinement.

Iran’s deputy justice minister says the Islamic Republic is the destination for 63% of refugees from neighboring Afghanistan, calling on international community to bear its share of humanitarian responsibility.

Suffering 5 years of illegal detainment in Belgium, the Iranian diplomat Asadollah Asadi finally returned to his homeland Iran, a return that inflicted a heavy defeat on the Islamic Republic's opposition.

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East (ME) warned against the continued expansion of Israeli settlement, asserting that “all settlements are illegal under international law, and must stop immediately.”

An unarmed 11-year-old black boy in Mississippi has been shot by a US police officer after calling 911 to report a domestic disturbance to protect his mother, his family's attorney says.

Vice-President of the Judiciary for International Affairs and the Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Friday said that all action by the Belgian and Austria governments against the Iranian detained diplomat who was imprisoned illegally was agains...

Vice-President of the Judiciary for International Affairs and the Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran met and talked with the Executive Director of the United Nations Drugs and Crime Office in Vienna.