Human Rights
The latest news and views about human rights
UN rights report based on false, fabricated information: Iran
The Iranian Judiciary's High Council for Human Rights rejected the report as being founded upon “incorrect information and fabricated sources,”
Iran slams allegations of women’s rights violation
The Iranian judiciary chief has rejected reports that women’s rights are trampled in Iran or that mass executions have taken place in the country.
Iran Raps “Biased” UN Human Rights Resolution
In reaction to a UN human rights resolution against Iran, Afkham condemned any “arbitrary and political use of human rights against independent states.”
Iran calls UN human rights resolution ‘biased’
The foreign ministry spokeswoman has blasted a resolution by the UN rights committee on rights situation in Iran, saying the UN’s legal mechanisms have turned into a tool in the hands of the West.
Inmates can pursue their studies to doctoral level
An Iranian jail offers special plans to boost the morale of prisoners, minimize the risk of their depression, help them straighten out and continue their education.
Human Rights Watch: ISIL killing, expelling Iraq religious minorities
Human Rights Watch has warned that ISIL Takfiris kill or expel all religious minorities from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and its surroundings.
MP: Islamic, western human rights differ basically
Islamic human rights system differs with the western version of it basically, said a prominent Iranian lawmaker here on Monday.
Spokeswoman Slams Britain’s Anti-Iran Report as “Biased, Spiteful”
Iranian foreign ministry spokeswoman deplored a recent report published by Britain’s foreign office on Iran as “recurring and spiteful”, saying it gives a quite one-sided account of the realities inside Iran.
