Human Rights

Iran FM, UN human rights chief vow to boost cooperation

Feb 28, 2023 13:54

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk have agreed to boost cooperation and hold talks in the future over various aspects of human rights.
'HRC turned into foreign policy instrument of a handful of states led by US'

Feb 27, 2023 11:43

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has strongly criticized the United States and “a handful of states” led by Washington for manipulating the concept of human rights in line with their own political purposes.
US deploys anti-drone systems in Yemen’s Hadhramaut to repel strikes: Reports

Feb 25, 2023 14:13

The US military has reportedly deployed anti-drone systems in Yemen’s oil-rich eastern province of Hadhramaut to repel retaliatory drone strikes by Yemeni Armed Forces and fighters from their allied Popular Committees.
Yemen demands UN action as UAE, Israel evict locals from strategic island southwest of Socotra

Feb 24, 2023 10:22

Yemen has called on the United Nations and relevant international bodies to adopt proper measures against expulsion of Yemeni families by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from a strategic island southwest of Socotra, as part of plans to build a military base there under the supervision of Israeli military experts.
Terror ringleader handed death penalty based on Iranian laws: Rights chief

Feb 23, 2023 08:54

Iran’s top human rights official says the death sentence handed down to the ringleader of a US-based terrorist group was issued in accordance with the country’s judicial laws and after his case went through a fair legal process.
Bahraini rulers given carte blanche by US for bloody crackdown: Opposition leader

Feb 20, 2023 11:34

The Bahraini regime has been given carte blanche by the United States to employ ruthless, repressive measures against dissenting voices, says a prominent Bahraini opposition leader.
Daily violators of human rights are fake rights advocates: Iranian official

Feb 05, 2023 03:18

The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry has slammed the double standards of those who claim to defend human rights.
Saudi Arabia executions almost doubled under MBS, King Salman: Report

Feb 02, 2023 05:09

The rate of executions in Saudi Arabia since King Salman and his son Mohammed bin Salman came to power in 2015 has almost doubled annually, according to a new report, highlighting flagrant human rights violations in the Arab country.
Iran blasts ‘deafening silence’ of so-called rights advocates on holy Qur’an desecration

Jan 26, 2023 12:15

The secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and the Judiciary chief’s deputy for international affairs has blasted the “deafening silence” of the so-called rights advocates on desecration of the holy Qur’an by a notorious Swedish extremist, saying the sacrilegious move is a clear example of hate-mongering against Muslims.
Rights group raises alarm over fate of jailed activists in Saudi Arabia

Jan 24, 2023 09:50

A human rights organization has sounded the alarm over the fate of political dissidents incarcerated in Saudi jails, amid the Riyadh regime’s aggressive crackdown on any whiff of dissent.