The Spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasser Kan'ani said that France has no right to justify insulting the sanctities of other countries and nations under the pretext of freedom of speech. "France, with its black history of colonialism, violations of human rights and freedom of speech inside and outside (of its land), has no right to justify ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani reacted to the US Secretary of State's baseless claims on human rights in Iran. "With a despicable human rights record both at home & abroad, how does the US have the audacity to give itself higher moral ground to lecture the world?" Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani tweeted on ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has strongly reacted to the report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, dismissing it as biased and baseless. Calling the report unilateral and untruthful, Khatibzadeh said that exhibiting a political and selective approach toward human rights ...

MNA The Spokesperson of the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs Abbas Mousavi censured approval of an anti-Iranian human rights resolution in the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Mousavi said that the resolution, which has been proposed by Sweden and supported by some western countries, is a political one and adopts selective,...

IRNA Members of Parliament representing the religious minorities on Sunday condemned the UN resolution against Iran over human rights situation in Iran, calling on the government to foil conspiracy of counterrevolutionaries in the international forums. The MPs said in a statement that the UN has been partial in passing the anti-Iran resolution....

MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi condemned the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly against the human rights situation in Iran. The resolution on the human rights situation in Iran is based on a selective and biased approach with political aims; we condemn it and consider it void, Mousavi said in a Thursday ...

FNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Moussavi rapped High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell for his remarks against the human rights situation in Iran, saying that he has been fed with "wrong and biased" information. "The Islamic Republic of Iran denounces any instrumental ...

IRNA -- Irans Deputy Representative to the UN Eshaq Al-e Habib said on Thursday Third Committee session on draft resolution of human rights is an occasion to exploit the issue. Lashing out at Canada which was of the sponsors of the anti-Iran resolution, he said how can a supporter of apartheid in Palestine pose itself as a human rights defender ...

MNA The UN Human Rights Council has praised Iran for enacting laws and policies to uphold the rights of persons with disabilities and for efforts taken to reduce poverty. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group reviewed the situation of human rights in Iran at the headquarters of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on Friday. ...

Press TV - Iran has dismissed US accusations about rights violations in the Islamic Republic, saying Washington that has a black record of rights abuses is in no place to comment on the issue. It has been clear to the entire world that the US regime neither believes in human rights nor possesses any moral and legitimate credibility to interfere ...

Anadolu Agency - The Council of the European Union on Monday extended by one year sanctions against Iran. The sanctions were extended until 13 April 2020, according to a press release issued by the Council. The sanctions include a travel ban and an asset freeze against 82 people and one entity, and a ban on exports to Iran of equipment which ...

MNA The permanent representative of Iran to the United Nations Office in Geneva slammed renewal of UN human rights rapporteur mandate on the Islamic republic, saying that this move is politically motivated. "The appointment of a special rapporteur on Iran is an unjust and unwarranted scheme initiated by certain states in pursuit of their politically-...

Press TV - Tehran dismisses the Iran section of the US administration's annual "human rights" report as untrue and politically motivated, saying Washington has turned into the "biggest violator" of the Iranian people's human rights by slapping the nation with unlawful economic sanctions. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi was referring ...

MNA Deputy Human Rights Commissioner Kate Gilmore said that Iran is among the leading countries in the region regarding the status of human rights. She made the remarks Wednesday in Tehran in a meeting with Farideh Olad Ghobad, the head of women faction of the Iranian Parliament. Kate Gilmore said she is honored to see that Iranian women are ...

Tasnim The Iranian Judiciarys High Council for Human Rights rejected recent allegations leveled against the country by the United Nations special rapporteur as baseless, saying the person is misusing his position to propaganda against the Islamic Republic. In a statement issued on Saturday, the High Council for Human Rights said Javaid Rehmans ...

IRNA The Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in a message rejected US eligibility to criticize human rights in Iran. What moral clarity can America claim in denouncing Irans human-rights abuses when it turns a blind eye to those committed by its friends? Such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel,' Kenneth Roth tweeted on Saturday. US' ignoring ...

IRNA With the US and Israel's attempts, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a Canadian-drafted anti-Iranian resolution on Monday evening (local time). The resolution had already been passed in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. The Third Committee, officially known as the Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian ...

Euronews - Iran may be willing to put human rights discussions on the table if the European Union can successfully rebalance the 2015 nuclear accord, the head of the country's atomic energy authority has told Euronews. Ali Akbar Salehi, who is also a vice-president in the Iranian government, said in an interview at the Iranian embassy ...

MNA Bahram Ghasemi of Iranian foreign ministry denounced the anti-Iran claims made in the final statement of the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in Washington. Iranian foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Ghasemi condemned the anti-Iran content of the recent statement issued at the end of the Ministerial to Advance Religious ...

IRNA - Iran's Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani referred to human rights issue as one of the most important challenges, saying that Iran's enemies especially US use it as a tool to put pressure on other countries. Larijani made the remarks Saturday night in a live TV interview on the occasion of Iran national Judiciary Week. He expressed ...