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Israeli, Saudi-Backed Human Rights Resolutions Ludicrous: Iranian Diplomat

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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari deplored double standard approaches to the issue of human rights, describing as absurd moves by the Saudi and Israeli regimes in terms of UN human rights resolutions.
Foreign Policy

UN Human Rights Bill on Iran Politically Motivated: Foreign Ministry

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has condemned a UN resolution on the state of human rights in Iran as unacceptable and baseless.
Human Rights

Iran Should Not Be Afraid of Letting EU Open Office in Tehran: MP

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The outspoken vice-speaker of Iran’s Parliament believes that Tehran should not be worried about allowing the European Union to open an office in Iran, and even should welcome the criticisms of its human rights conditions.
Human Rights

Saudi Arabia Deviated from True Islam, Acting against Islamic Teachings

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A spokesperson for Muslim people in Greece believes that the violation of Muslims’ basic rights in Saudi Arabia and other policies adopted by Saudi rulers are adding fuel to global fire of Islamophobia.
Human Rights

Iran, Iraq Cannot Accept West’s Reading of Human Rights: Tehran

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Iran’s Judiciary chief says the Islamic Republic and Iraq are capable of introducing their own version of human rights principles, saying the two neighbors will not bow to the Western reading of the concept.
Law

Iranian Justice Minister Calls for Revision of Death Penalty Laws

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Iran’s Minister of Justice says the capital punishment has not been effective in the past years in Iran, and its rules and regulations should be revised.
Human Rights

Judiciary Official Opposes EP Resolution on Iran Ties

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An Iranian Judiciary human rights official denounced the European Parliament’s recent resolution on the EU strategy toward Iran, stressing that the Judiciary will not permit the establishment of an EU delegation in Tehran, which he slammed as a “den of corruption”.
Security

US Version of Human Rights Boosts Terrorists: Iran Defense Chief

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Iran’s defense minister says the American version of human rights works in the interest of Takfiri terror groups, adding that Washington and its allies rush to save the terrorists whenever they suffer losses on the battlefield.
Foreign Policy

Iran Ready to Support UN Peacekeeping Missions: Khoshrou

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Iran says it is ready to help the United Nations peacekeeping missions by providing security forces and logistic support.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Zarif, US’s Kerry Win Chatham House Prize 2016

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry have been voted as the winners of this year’s Chatham House Prize for their pivotal role in the conclusion of a nuclear agreement between Iran and the six world countries in 2015.
Human Rights

10 Countries Host Half of World’s Refugees

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Ten countries - which account for just 2.5 percent of the global economy - are hosting more than half the world's refugees, a rights group recently reported.
Healthcare

Iranian Doctor Warns about Dire Health Conditions of Yemenis

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An Iranian medical official said Yemeni people are in dire health situation and the Saudi-led coalition has blocked the path for Iranian doctors who want to help the war-hit people.
Foreign Policy

Iran Ready to Send Humanitarian Aid to Yemen: Zarif

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has voiced his "shock and disgust" over a Saudi Arabian airstrike on a Yemeni funeral.
Judiciary

Iran to Revise Capital Punishment in Near Future: Official

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Head of Iran’s Supreme Human Rights Council has told a Brazilian daily that Tehran will make amendments to its laws that sentence criminals to death penalty.
Human Rights

Iran Rejects UN Chief’s Human Rights Report as Fundamentally Flawed

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman slammed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s recent report on human rights situation in Iran as baseless, saying there are fundamental flaws in the report, which has been drafted on the basis of unfair resolutions with political purposes.
Europe

Thousands of Polish Women Stage ‘Black Monday’ Strikes to Protest Abortion Law

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Thousands of Polish women dressed in black boycotted work and took to the streets in protest against a plan to ban abortions. Without half their...
Foreign Policy

EU Urged to Stop Repeating Unusual Stances about Iran’s Judiciary

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Iran has called on the European Union to refrain from making unconventional statements about Iran’s judiciary system.
Human Rights

FAO Enters into Partnership with UNHCR to Help Afghan Refugees in Iran

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The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) office in Iran has entered into partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in an attempt to improve livelihood of Afghan refugees in the Islamic Republic.
Selected

Iran Frees Iranian-Canadian Academic on Humanitarian Grounds

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Iran says it has released an Iranian-Canadian academic, who had been imprisoned in Tehran since June for seeking to undermine security in the Islamic Republic, on humanitarian grounds.
Judiciary

Leader Pardons over 500 Iranian Prisoners

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday pardoned or commuted prison terms of 582 convicts sentenced by various Iranian courts.
Human Rights

Iran Rejects ‘Fallacious’ Remarks by UN Human Rights Chief

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The Iranian High Council for Human Rights dismissed as “untrue and false” recent remarks made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights about lack of cooperation from Tehran over the past years.
Judiciary

Iran, Italy Mull Human Rights, Anti-Terror Cooperation

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Officials from Iran and Italy hailed the most recent round of bilateral talks on human rights issues, with the both sides calling for closer interaction in the fight against terrorism, such as by the exchange of intelligence information.
Judiciary

Iran’s Judiciary Official in Italy for Talks

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Chief of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani arrived in Rome on Tuesday for the third round of talks on Iran-Italy judicial cooperation.
Middle East

Ayatollah Khamenei Blasts Global Silence over 2015 Hajj Tragedy

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei slammed human rights organizations and other countries for choosing to remain silent over the deaths of pilgrims during last year’s Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia
Human Rights

Iran Principally Opposed to Appointment of UN Human Rights Rapporteurs

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Tehran basically disapproves of appointment of the United Nations’ special rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman underlined, saying what is more ridiculous is that Saudi Arabia assigns such rapporteurs.
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