Iran accuses West of abusing UN rights body as tool against Tehran

TEHRAN- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has accused Western countries of using the UN Human Rights Council to exert pressure against the Islamic Republic.

Freedom-seekers all over world fed up with Zionist atrocities in Gaza

TEHRAN- The Human Rights Council of Iran released a statement om Monday, saying that free people all over the globe are fed up with the passivity of international institutions of governments due to the Zionist Regime’s atrocities in Gaza.

By Abdolrahim Ansari

Iran or US: Who is spreading terror in West Asia?

TEHRAN- The Israeli brutality has so far resulted in the martyrdom of over 8,500 Palestinians, including some 3,500 innocent children whose bodies have been mutilated by the barbaric raids of the Tel Aviv army.

Thousands of Gaza workers in Israel go missing

TEHRAN - Thousands of Gazans working in Israel have gone missing following the rise of escalations in the Gaza Strip.

Iran says US doesn’t deserve membership in UN Human Rights Council

TEHRAN- Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva has said that the United States does not deserve membership in the Human Rights Council given its poor record on human rights.

Iran releases two Iranian-Austrian prisoners and one Danish

TEHRAN – The Iranian Judiciary on Friday released two Iranian-Austrian nationals and one Danish prisoner.

U.S. sanctions violate human rights: minister

TEHRAN – Iranian Justice Minister Amin Hossein Rahimi has described U.S. sanctions as an example of violation of human rights. 

Iran: Two-hour consultation behind closed doors

The Iran newspaper wrote in a commentary on Amir Abdollahian’s visit to Oman. It wrote: “Interaction” is a fixed tactic that Omanis have in their attitude to most regional and extra-regional issues. However, in order to achieve this goal through hard work and patience, they test many ways until they mediate between important competitors such as Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as Iran and the West about the nuclear issue.

'There is always room to improve women's rights'

Diplomat says Iran takes into account concerns of women

TEHRAN - Zahra Ershadi, Iran’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has said the Islamic Republic takes into account the “concerns voiced” by its women and girls and considers it as one of its “top priorities”.

U.S. favors apartheid regimes, has no belief in human rights: Iran

TEHRAN - The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday stressed that the U.S. has a dark history of supporting systems based on institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination, including South Africa’s apartheid regime and the Tel Aviv regime.

Respect for ‘human rights’ is our core value,  Abdollahian tells Human Rights Council

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Monday that “for us, respect for ‘human rights and dignity’ is a core value that is deeply rooted in our national tradition and profoundly embedded in our religious beliefs,” IRNA reported.

Iran raps U.S., imposes sanctions on EU, UK 

TEHRAN – Iran criticized the United States on Wednesday for its “hostile measures” and simultaneously imposed sanctions on European Union and British individuals and entities. 

Iran deputy FM visits Burkina Faso

TEHRAN - Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri has paid a visit to Burkina Faso and met with the African country’s prime minister, Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla.

Iran criticizes Europe for human rights infringement

TEHRAN- Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, on Monday criticized the UK's hypocrisy in denouncing the execution of Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian citizen who spied for the British Intelligence Agency (MI6).

Blacks ask: This is dreamland or dramaland?

TEHRAN- Undoubtedly, racial tensions in America today have become one of the most important challenges of the country, and these tensions are the result of full-scale racial discrimination in American society, especially against Blacks, who are referred to as African-Americans.

Iran envoy reacts to joint statement by female foreign ministers

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Denmark Afsaneh Nadipour has penned an open letter in response to a recent joint statement by female foreign minister on the developments in Iran. 

Human rights abusers try to mudsling Iran: Foreign Ministry

TEHRAN- Misrepresenting the Islamic establishment will not mask the actual nature of the phony defenders of human rights, the Islamic Republic of Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has emphasized.

Removal of Iran from CSW is a ‘kind of bullying’: diplomat

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to Brazil has said expulsion of Iran from the United Nations Commission on Status of Women (CSW) under pressure from the U.S. and its allies is “a kind of bullying”.

Issues of human rights and women are negotiating leverage: MP

TEHRAN – An Iranian lawmaker has said that the West uses issues related to human rights and women as a leverage at the negotiating table.

Human rights an instrument in political toolkit of Europe: envoy

TEHRAN - European nations have come under fire from Iran's ambassador to Austria for using human rights as a political tool against other countries.

‘Iran pioneer in upholding women’s rights’

Foreign Ministry: EU must be held accountable for violating rights of Iranians

TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday strongly condemning a new round of sanctions by the European Union on Iran over alleged human rights violations and drone deliveries to Russia.

Iran censures the West’s contradictory approach toward human rights

TEHRAN- When it comes to uprisings and disturbances in the Islamic Republic, the Iranian High Council for Human Rights has harshly criticized double standards and contradictory methods by human rights organizations and the West.