Tehran calls U.S. human rights report ‘biased’

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected on Saturday the U.S. State Department report about human rights situation in Iran as “biased” and “politically motivated”.

‘West not qualified to talk about human rights’

TEHRAN – The secretary of the High Council for Human Rights in Iran has condemned Western countries for supporting terrorists groups in the Middle East, saying they are not qualified to speak about human rights.

Tehran says seeking co-op with UN on human rights

TEHRAN - Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary of the High Council for Human Rights Mohammad in Iran, has said that Iran is seeking close cooperation with the United Nations on issues related to human rights.

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UK envoy comments on JCPOA, Iran protests, Zaghari

TEHRAN - Commenting on various issues such as the JCPOA, bilateral ties, protests rallies in Iran and Nazanin Zaghari, British Ambassador to Tehran Nicholas Hopton says that despite all challenges Tehran-London relationship is heading in the right direction.

Iran calls UN rights’ stance on protests ‘regrettable’

TEHRAN – Iran’s High Council for Human Rights issued a statement on Saturday describing the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ stance on supporting recent riots in Iran as “regrettable”.

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U.S. new strategy isn’t much different from previous administrations: Shireen Hunter

TEHRAN - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran Times that that “The new U.S. strategy only sets out the broad outlines of American priorities, which in fact are not much different from those of previous administrations, or for that matter any other nation, namely security and economic prosperity.”

Iran calls double standards biggest threat to human rights

Mohammad Hassaninejad, Iran’s envoy in the third committee of the UN General Assembly, said on Tuesday that biggest threat to human rights stems from “hypocrisy, politicization and double standards”.

Ebtekar, EU rep discuss women’s rights

TEHRAN — The Iranian vice president for women and family affairs and the European Union’s special representative for human rights held a meeting in Tehran.

Iran calls UN’s human rights resolution ‘refutable’

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has denounced a recent UN human rights resolution against the Islamic Republic as “refutable and unacceptable”.

New drug death penalty bill to save 5,300 inmates on death row

TEHRAN – The Iranian parliament has passed a bill to its drug trafficking law that could commute the sentences of up to 5,300 inmates currently on death row for drug trafficking.

Iran, Japan wrap up human rights roundtable   

TEHRAN – Iran and Japan wrapped up the 12th round of human rights negotiations in the capital Tokyo on Thursday.

Iran moves to ease capital punishment for drug offenders 

TEHRAN – The members of Iranian parliament’s Judicial Committee have drafted a new amendment to a bill limiting capital punishment for drug-related offenders.

Evin Prison to turn into temporary detention center

TEHRAN – Iran’s minister of justice said on Saturday that Evin Prison in northern Tehran will probably turn into a temporary detention center.

Foreign ambassadors tour Evin prison in Tehran 

TEHRAN – The Iranian Human Rights Organization on Wednesday took foreign ambassadors in Iran on a tour to Evin prison in northern Tehran, ISNA reported.

American Human Rights Festival brings participants from 20 countries

TEHRAN – The Tehran-based American Human Rights Festival this year brought participants from 20 countries, the Mehr news agency said on Tuesday.

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Tehran says human rights report ‘politically motivated’

TEHRAN – The recent report by the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran has been met with strong objection in the country, what it branded as "unjust" and "politically motivated.”

Iran won’t leave U.S. human rights claims unanswered: Judiciary chief

TEHRAN – The Judiciary chief has refuted U.S. allegations that Iran is violating human rights, saying Tehran will not leave such claims “unanswered.”

U.S. not in position to comment on human rights, Iran says

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday that the U.S. government is not in a position to make judgments on the situation of human rights in other countries.

Official urges Iran-Iraq co-op against political abuse of human rights

TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has underlined the importance of Iranian-Iraqi cooperation to oppose a political abuse of human rights against the two countries.

Iran denounces British allegations about human rights

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Wednesday dismissed as “baseless” and “provocative” the recent remarks by a British official about Iran’s human rights record.

Iranian delegation in Moscow for human rights talks

TEHRAN – An Iranian delegation arrived in Moscow on Tuesday to attend the third round of consultations on human rights between the Islamic Republic and the Russian Federation.

Iran says UN rapporteur ‘politicizing’ human rights

TEHRAN – Head of the Iranian High Council for Human Rights has criticized the UN Special Rapporteur-designate for Human Rights in Iran Asma Jahangir, saying she is “politicizing” human rights issue. 

Iran urges appointment of special human rights rapporteurs for U.S., S. Arabia, Britain, Israel

TEHRAN – The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council on Saturday asked for appointment of special human rights rapporteurs for the countries which are directly and indirectly involved in suppressing and killing the regional people, including the U.S., Britain, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Israel.

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In the past few months, the Philippine-U.S. alliance has suffered an unprecedented setback. Diplomatic exchanges have been rife with tensions, while military cooperation has been downgraded, although it is unclear whether it has been formally downgraded.

Iran warns of humanitarian disaster in Yemen

TEHRAN – The deputy head of Iran’s human rights office for international affairs has warned about the dire and difficult condition of the Yemeni people, saying a humanitarian disaster is impending.

Iran dismisses UN rights resolution as politically motivated

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed on Tuesday the UN General Assembly human rights resolution, saying it is politically motivated.

EU criticism of Iran’s human rights condition partially acceptable 

TEHRAN – Part of the European Union’s criticism of the condition of human rights in Iran is “sound” as far as it is not against unnegotiable Islamic laws, ILNA quoted Ali Motahari, the parliament’s second vice speaker, as saying on Saturday. 

Iran, EU to sit for human rights talks Wednesday 

TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takhtravanchi said on Saturday Iran and the EU will sit together in Brussels on November 9 for the first time since the conclusion of the nuclear deal to exchange ideas on human rights, one major sticking point in bilateral ties.