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Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi (C) attends a ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions in Tehran on January 21, 2025.

We consider ourselves Iranians, not a minority: Zoroastrian dean

Afshin Namiranian, the president of the Zoroastrian Association of Tehran, considers himself an Iranian and says that Zoroastrians are free to perform their rituals and personal affairs based on their religion.

Releasing and transferring Iranian inmates in abroad, judicial diplomacy strategy: HR official

In a tweet published on Thursday, the Deputy of International Affairs to the Judiciary announced that a number of Iranian inmates in Iraq had been transferred to Iran.

HCHR Secretary congratulates Afghan volleyball immigrant women team on their victory

Ali Bagheri Kani congratulated Ariana Afghan women migrant athletes living in Iran on winning the volleyball league championship in Afghanistan.

Iran-Iraq Joint Committee to follow up martyred Soleimani judicial case: HR official

The Secretary of the High Council for Human Rights said that a joint committee between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq is going to follow up the process of investigating the case of the assassination of Martyr Soleimani as seriously and quickly...

HR chief stresses prosecution of US crimes in West Asia

In a tweet, the Secretary of the High Council for Human Rights reacted to US crimes in the West Asian region.

Non-legal and partisan nature of Special Rapporteur’s report on human rights in Iran

Amir Biparva International Human Rights Researcher In March 2021 the mandate of Javid Rahman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, was extended by the Human Rights Council by a weak majority of 21 votes to 26 abstentions...

More than 550,000 foreign children educated at Iran’s schools annually: Official

During the World Meeting of Ministers of Education, Mohsen Haji Mirzaei, the Minister of Education said that annually more than 550,000 foreign national children from about 30 countries receive formal education just like Iranian students. He describe...

4500 inmates of Tehran province granted furlough during Nowruz: Official

During the first days of the New Year holidays, the Strategic Deputy to the Judiciary, the International Deputy to the Judiciary and the Tehran Prosecutor reviewed the welfare and judicial status of the of inmates at Evin Detention Center.

Imam Sadegh University human rights institute issues indictment against Arab coalition attacks on Yemen

The Institute for Human Rights and Citizenship of Imam Sadegh (PB) University wrote a letter to the UN Secretary General and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court calling for an investigation into the crimes of the Arab coalition in Yeme...

Committee to investigate Martyr Fakhrizadeh judicial case: HR official

The Secretary of the High Council for Human Rights said that currently, a committee chaired by the Attorney General has been formed to investigate the case of Martyr Fakhrizadeh.