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Iranian official: West's permit for rights meetings by terror group 'ridiculous’
Nov 08, 2021 02:05A senior official of Iran’s Judiciary has slammed Western countries for adopting a “selective” approach to human rights by allowing the anti-Iran and terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) to hold “ridiculous” meetings on the issue.
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Thousands of Palestinian prisoners reject meals in solidarity with 6 fellow hunger-striker inmates
Nov 07, 2021 14:46Thousands of Palestinian prisoners have rejected meals in solidarity with six fellow inmates who have been on hunger strike for weeks to protest Israel’s illegal detention policy, which allows Palestinians to be held for long periods of time.
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Russia: White Helmets plotting false-flag chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib to accuse Damascus
Nov 04, 2021 14:26The Russian Defense Ministry has warned that members of the so-called civil defense group, White Helmets, are planning to mount yet another false-flag chemical attack against civilians in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib in order to incriminate the Damascus government.
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Hamas leader: Palestine resistance groups stand behind Sheikh Jarrah families
Nov 04, 2021 09:11Head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haniyeh says all the Palestinian resistance factions firmly support the families of the al-Quds neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in the face of the Israeli regime’s threat to forcefully evict them from their homes.
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Nearly 20 killed, dozens injured as twin bombings hit Kabul's biggest hospital
Nov 02, 2021 09:19Multiple explosions have rocked Afghanistan’s capital, leaving at least 19 people dead and dozens of others injured, as the war-ravaged country continues to grapple with fresh security challenges.
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UN rapporteur not independent, ignores violation of Iranian patients' rights: Official
Nov 01, 2021 02:27Iran’s top human rights official has taken the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran to task for ignoring the suffering of Iranian patients under unlawful US sanctions and also for sidelining a recent report by a group of UN experts, which has lambasted some European countries for “over-compliance with US sanctions” against Tehran.
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Iran holds US responsible for hardships of Afghans
Oct 27, 2021 10:51Senior Iranian officials have held the United States responsible for the hardships facing the Afghan people today, as Tehran hosts a meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors plus Russia aimed at coordinating efforts to restore peace and stability to the war-ravaged South Asian state.
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UN rapporteur better first wake up to crimes being committed against Iran: Foreign Ministry
Oct 27, 2021 15:54Foreign Ministry blasts the so-called UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for coming up with fresh “heinous” claims concerning the Islamic Republic instead of paying attention to the actual crimes against humanity that were being committed against the country.
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Thousands displaced, millions in need of urgent humanitarian aid in Somalia, UN warns
Oct 26, 2021 14:06The United Nations (UN) has raised the alarm about severe humanitarian issues in central Somalia, after 100,000 people were displaced by fighting between pro-government forces and militia.
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North Korea rejects UN human rights report, calls it ‘malicious slander’
Oct 26, 2021 12:46A North Korean human rights body has rejected the latest report by the United Nations human rights investigator, calling it a ‘malicious slander’.