human rights
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Iran slams int'l community inability to take decisive action against Zionists' crimes
PoliticsSecretary-General of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has said that the international community's inability to take decisive action in the present circumstances will exacerbate a severe humanitarian crisis, with irreparable and far-reaching repercussions.
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Iran urges UN Human Rights Council to take swift action on Quran burning
PoliticsSecretary-General of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has called on the UN Human Rights Council to hold an emergency meeting to address the recent desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden.
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Iran slams UN fact-finding mission as politicized
PoliticsSecretary-General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has said that establishing an Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran is an unreasonable politically motivated action.
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Tehran files suit against Ottawa at ICJ for breaching Iranian state immunity
PoliticsThe Islamic Republic of Iran has lodged a lawsuit against the government of Canada for its courts' actions in breaching Iranian state immunity.
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Iran slams UN rights report as biased, politically motivated
PoliticsIran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva has slammed a “biased” report by the world body on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic, saying it is based on anti-Iran media propaganda.
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Iran envoy to chair 2023 Social Forum in Geneva
PoliticsAmbassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, has been appointed as the rotating president for the 2023 Social Forum of the Human Rights Council slated for November.
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Tehran rejects extension of HRC rapporteur’s mission in Iran
PoliticsIran says that a decision by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to extend the mission of Javaid Rehman, the council’s rapporteur on Iran, with the minimum support of member countries is not a base for Iran’s cooperation and is fully rejected.
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FM Spox rejects anti-Iran resolution of Human Rights Council as politically-motivated
PoliticsIranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Tuesday reacted to an anti-Iran resolution by the UN Human Rights Council, rejecting it as politically-motivated with a selective, biased, and confrontational approach towards Iran.
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UN rapporteur identifies broad violation of Iranians’ HR by US sanctions
PoliticsIran’s human rights official said that the UN special rapporteur has identified broad violation of Iranians’ human rights by the US sanctions and the countries that apply them.
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Iran to provide Iranians abroad with further access to legal system
Politics Secretary of High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has announced that Iranians living abroad will be provided with further legal services.
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Iran reports to UN on human rights improvement
PoliticsThe Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights has sent its midterm report to the United Nations about the human rights situation in Iran, citing “huge progress” in improving those rights.
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Iran negotiating to move prisoners from Turkey
PoliticsDeputy Head of the Iranian Judiciary and Secretary of High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi said that Tehran was negotiating with Ankara to repatriate Iranian nationals sentenced to prison in Turkey.
