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Minister Complains of Poor HR Aid Given to Iran for Afghan Refugees

IFP Media Wire -
Iran’s Health Minister complained of the poor performance of international human rights organizations in offering assistance to Iran in providing free healthcare services to Afghan refugees.
Media Wire

Iranian and Swiss Diplomats Hold Talks in Bern

IFP Media Wire -
Diplomats from Iran and Switzerland attended a new round of bilateral political talks as part of a road map to the promotion of Tehran-Bern relations.
Middle East

UN under Fire for Removing Saudi-Led Coalition from Blacklist

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations was forced to defend its decision to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of children’s rights violators after rights groups expressed their dismay.
Government

Rouhani: All Iranians Equal in Civil Rights

Golrokh Askarieh -
President Hassan Rouhani said that all Iranians, including Shia and Sunni Muslims, have equal civil rights in the country.
Asia

Afghan Official Thanks Iran for Sheltering Refugees

Golrokh Askarieh -
Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar expressed his gratitude to Iran for its support for Afghan refugees seeking asylum in the Islamic Republic over the past decades.
Human Rights

Play to Explore Love Story between Afghan Migrant and Iranian Gypsy

Golrokh Askarieh -
Director and actor Ayyub Aqakhani plans to stage a play about a love story between an Afghan migrant and an Iranian gypsy woman.
Americas

Are American Lives Worth More than Yemenis’ or Afghans’?

IFP Editorial Staff -
In a report translated by IFP, Hamshahri newspaper has compared the amount of compensation Americans are set to receive for their marines killed in the 1983 Beirut bombing with what they have paid for killing Yemeni or Afghan citizens in drone strikes.
Europe

Head of Iran’s Human Rights Council Responds to Mogherini’s Statements

IFP Editorial Staff -
Javad Larijani: Enforcing sanctions for Human Rights is a shameful and dishonourable claim.
Europe

EU extends sanctions against Iranian individuals

Golrokh Askarieh -
The European Union (EU) has extended its sanctions against 82 Iranian individuals, whom it accuses of human rights violations.
Foreign Policy

Spokesman Questions Legitimacy of Appointing UN Human Rights Rapporteur for Iran

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari censured the recent re-appointment of Ahmed Shaheed as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, saying the decision has no legal basis.
Foreign Policy

Ahmad Shaheed’s Human Rights report is politically motivated, biased and unacceptable

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman reacts to Human Rights Report by Ahmad Shaheed
Hard News

Iran slams double-standards in human rights

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s top human rights official censures the hypocritical approach pursued by the self-styled advocates of human rights in the world.
Human Rights

Iran rights issue wrongfully in spotlight: Senior official

Emad Askarieh -
Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights says the country is the region’s leading democracy, and its human rights record has been wrongfully subjected to unnecessary scrutiny.
Asia

Afghan man cuts off his wife’s nose

IFP Editorial Staff -
An Afghan man fled his home in Faryab Province to join Taliban after cutting off his wife’s nose during a family quarrel. The young woman...
Hard News

50 HR Organizations Call for Cancellation of Saudi Membership in UNHRC

Emad Askarieh -
Fifty Arab human rights organizations drew attention to Saudi Arabia’s onslaught against civilians in Yemen, calling for efforts to have the Arab country stripped of its membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Crisis

Iran among top 4 nations with highest refugees

Emad Askarieh -
The latest United Nations survey on international migrant trends reports that Iran is one of the world’s four countries with the highest number of refugees.
Hard News

Leader condemns Saudi execution of Sheikh Nimr

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Supreme Leader has slammed the silence of those who claim to be advocates of freedom, democracy and human rights, and their support for the Saudi regime which is killing innocent people.
Human Rights

Iran strongly condemns execution of Sheikh Nimr

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iranian officials have denounced the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, urging the world of Islam to show reaction to the killing of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Human Rights

Saudi executes 47 people, including Sheikh Nimr

Golrokh Askarieh -
Riyadh says it has executed top Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 47 others, defying international calls for the release of the jailed political dissidents.
Hard News

West’s anti-Iran human rights campaign biased: Judiciary chief

Emad Askarieh -
Not only have the Western countries turned a blind eye to the deadly Saudi aggression against Yemen but also defended the bloody campaign, Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said.
Hard News

Iran slams human rights report as baseless

Emad Askarieh -
The Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Mohammad Javad Larijani has blasted a report by a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights situation in Iran.
Hard News

Washington’s jailing of Iranian citizens unacceptable: Spokeswoman

Emad Askarieh -
Afkham said Iran has always stressed that it considers the detention of its citizens for “breaching sanctions” illegal and in violation of international laws.
Hard News

Supreme Leader pardons prisoners on auspicious occasions

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution has pardoned or reduced the prison sentences of as many as 630 convicts marking two Muslim feasts.
Hard News

Iran underlines need for implementing Islamic human rights declaration

Emad Askarieh -
Iran's top MP has said that human rights should turn into a public demand so that governments would be forced to take major steps in safeguarding human rights.
Human Rights

Revelation and rejection of a cable that alleges bribery

Emad Askarieh -
Without denying the report, WikiLeaks simply asked the source that published the news to show which cable its claim is based on.
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