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Iran's deputy minister for legal and international affairs has strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s escalating aggression in Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad over the weekend.

HR official: Iran to appoint special rapporteur on impact of illegal US sanctions on people

The head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights says the Islamic Republic will appoint a special rapporteur to evaluate the impact of the illegal US sanctions on the Iranian nation and to protect the rights of the Iranian peop...

Extension of Iran special rapporteur mandate serves political purposes: Official

Deputy Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Majid Tafreshi on Sunday called the mandate extension of UN special rapporteur on Iran 'political', as the number of countries that abstained or opposed the resolution exceeds those...

Iran’s HR Offers Condolences over Terror Blast in Kabul

Iran's High Council for Human Rights expressed condolences over the death of school girls in a terrorist attack in Western Kabul.

Special Repporteur who ignores sanctions is a traitor to human rights, acts as accomplice in crimes against Iranian people: HCHR

In reaction to the UN Special Rapporteur's politicized report, the High Council for Human Rights issued a statement.

File: Human rights in the age of accountability

The present era is known by two distinct features. The first feature is the development of information technology, which caused the era to be called as the information age, and the second feature is the importance of human rights and the proliferatio...

Iranian women's sport moves ahead of IOC’s social justice indicators: Official

The Deputy Minister of Women's Sports Development to the Ministry of Sports and Youth stressed that under the existing circumstances, Iranian women's sports move ahead of the the IOC (International Olympic Committee) indicators on social just...

Prevalence of genocide and torture in MKO terrorist group: Witnesses

In the second session of the court hearing the lawsuit filed by four former members of the terrorist group MKO, one of the plaintiffs said: “I went to Turkey to find a job in 1996 when I was kidnapped by members of the MKO. They were wandering ...

First trial to investigate crimes of MKO terrorist group: Judiciary

The first trial of 42 former members of the terrorist group MKO was held in chamber 55 of the International and Legal Court of Tehran, the High Council for Human Rights reported.

"National interaction" under the banner of "Iranian nation's identity", antidote to enemies' conspiracy of "national division": HR official

Mentioning that in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Zoroastrians, Christians and Jews have stood side by side with the Muslims on different fronts at different times, Ali Bagheri Kani said that "National interaction" under the banner of "...

Inmate becomes entrepreneur after release

Once an inmate, a man who has made great efforts, has not only achieved self-reliance through entrepreneurship, but has also provided employment opportunities for a number of job seekers, the High Council for Human Rights reported.