Iran

Iran’s Human Rights Secretary has condemned the EU’s recent sanctions on three Iranian passenger airlines, calling them a violation of international law and an infringement on Iranian citizens’ rights.

Official defends Iran’s efforts to promote women to managerial posts

Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar said that President Hassan Rouhani’s decree paved the way for presence of women in managerial positions.

HR official addresses western countries which supported Saddam

Addressing three western countries, Ali Bagheri Kani wrote about the Halabja massacre: Hawks will not pick out hawks’ eyes!

Grim 10-year anniversary of ‘unimaginable violence and indignities’ in Syria: UN

As the Syrian war reaches its grim decade-long milestone, the UN envoy for the country told the Security Council on Monday that it will “go down as one of the darkest chapters in recent history” referring to the Syrian people as among &ld...

FM Zarif reminds world of Western support for Halabja chemical carnage

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message reminded supports made by West for chemical carnage in Halabja.

Thalassemia patients face difficulties due to inhumane cruel US sanctions: Official

Director of the Iranian Thalassemia Association said that a large number of victims of thalassemia are in difficult conditions due to oppressive sanctions.

EB patients’ representative: global deception and sanctions on medicine kill hundreds of Iranian patients

The representative of EB patients said since May 2019, following the re-imposition of US sanctions, a great shock was inflicted on the community of special patients in Iran and they faced great problems in supplying the required medicine.

HCHR protects rights of Iranian citizens at home and abroad: HR official

Mentioning the seriousness of the High Council for Human Rights in protecting the rights of the Iranian people, Ali Bagheri Kani said that the HCHR seriously looks forward to protecting the rights of Iranian citizens inside and outside the country.

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...

UN: Average of one child injured or killed every eight hours over past 10 years in Syria

The grim ten-year anniversary of the war in Syria has left 90 percent of the country’s children in need of help, as a triple crisis of violence, economic misery and the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed families to the brink of despair, UNICEF repor...