News | Iran criticizes West's interventionist approach in Human Rights Council; Putin orders 30-day limited ceasefire

Pars Today - Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva sharply criticized certain Western countries for abusing the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, emphasizing that these nations, by ignoring fundamental human rights issues such as the Palestine crisis, are attempting to politicize human rights against Iran.

Iran’s sharp criticism of the West’s interventionist approach in the Human Rights Council, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s reaction to new Zionist regime attacks on Gaza, Chinese fighter jets patrolling around Taiwan, Venezuela’s travel warning to its citizens regarding the United States, Putin’s approval of a limited ceasefire in Ukraine, and an assassination attempt on Somalia’s president are among the latest news highlights from Iran and the world featured in this Pars Today news package:

Venezuela warns its citizens against traveling to the U.S.
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry issued an official statement warning its citizens about the dangers of traveling to or residing in the United States. 

The statement highlighted numerous instances of unfair and threatening behavior toward Venezuelan citizens in the U.S., including arbitrary detentions, baseless deportations, confiscation of property and documents, discriminatory and offensive treatment, as well as imprisonment without trial and hostage-taking in third-country prisons.

Iran sharply criticizes West’s interventionist approach in Human Rights Council
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva strongly criticized certain Western countries for exploiting the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council. 

Ali Bahraini stressed that these nations, by overlooking critical human rights issues such as the Palestine crisis, are seeking to politicize human rights against Iran. Speaking on Tuesday at an interactive dialogue session of the Human Rights Council with the Special Rapporteur and the fact-finding mission assigned to Iran, Bahraini sharply criticized countries that have paved the way for scrutiny of Iran’s human rights situation.

Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Zionist regime responsible for ongoing crimes against Palestinians
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the resumption of brutal military aggression by the Zionist regime against the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in hundreds of martyrs, wounded, and missing persons. 

The OIC emphasized that this action constitutes a continuation of war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian people by the occupying regime. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the OIC held the Zionist regime, as an occupying regime, accountable for all ongoing crimes against the Palestinian nation.

Somali president survives assassination attempt
Somali president was targeted in an assassination attempt on Tuesday. Sputnik news agency reported that the Somali president survived the attempt. Reports indicate that the president’s convoy was attacked by an explosion after leaving the presidential palace en route to Mogadishu airport.

Putin orders 30-day limited ceasefire with Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin, following consultations with the U.S. president, ordered his military to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for 30 days. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in remarks on Tuesday, referred to a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, stating that Ukraine welcomes the cessation of attacks on its energy infrastructure.

Chinese fighter jets patrol around Taiwan

Amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan, Taiwanese authorities reported sightings of Chinese fighter jets around the island. On Tuesday, Taiwan announced it had identified 59 Chinese warplanes near the island. According to Taiwanese officials, over the past 24 hours, nine Chinese warships and two balloons were also detected around the island.

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