Human Rights
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European Council Pres.:
Israel should respect int’l humanitarian law
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – President of the European Council, Charles Michel called the Israeli regime's order for the residents of Gaza to evacuate the city of Rafah unacceptable.
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Iran slams US crackdown on pro-Palestine student protests
TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani has strongly condemned the crackdown by the US police to break up pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses across the United States.
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American human rights revealed in pro-Palestine demos
TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – A wave of pro-Palestinian protests has spread at American universities as students gathered on campuses around the country, facing off with the police, in a widening showdown to call for putting an end to the Gaza War.
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Iran slams US crackdown on pro-Palestine student protests
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Iran’s top human rights official has condemned the United States’ violent treatment against professors and students protesting the Washington-backed Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip.
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North Korea:
Worst human rights situation currently observed in US
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) – The worst human rights situation in the world persists in the United States, with systematic repressions, ethnic and religious confrontation observed there, North Korean Foreign Ministry Spokesman said.
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Chinese FM spox:
Gaza war shows meaning of Human rights for US
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – The Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday that the United States vetoed the UN Security Council’s efforts for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza four times in a roll, showing its perspective on human rights.
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UN res. demands Israel to be held to account for war crimes
TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution, calling for a halt to all arms sales to Israel, and for the regime to be held accountable for possible war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
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Iran:
Fact-finding mission's report drafted under West pressure
TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights has rejected findings of a so-called UN fact-finding mission on Iran's conduct during the 2022 protests saying the report has been drafted under the West's pressure.
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Iran FM Spox.:
US cannot expunge complicity in Israeli genocide in Gaza
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan'ani says that the US cannot expunge its complicity in the Israeli genocide in Gaza by creating anti-Iran propaganda.
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Israel systematically destroying Gaza educational system
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Around a hundred leading European academics have condemned “Israel’s systematic annihilation” of the educational system in the Gaza Strip.
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Tehran rejects politically-motivated UN report on 2022 riots
TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Iran’s High Council for Human Rights has rejected the allegations raised in the report of a so-called UN fact-finding mission on the 2022 riots across the country.
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Tehran blasts new anti-Iran report of UN fact-finding mission
TEHRAN, Mar. 09 (MNA) – Foreign Ministry Spokesman says the so-called international fact-finding mission acts based on the agenda of its funders, so the UN human rights mechanisms are being utilized in line with illegal objectives of some regimes.
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Israel seeks to erode resilience of Palestinians: Iran
TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – A senior Iranian diplomat says Tehran is deeply concerned about Israel's plots to deliberately target humanitarian infrastructure to destroy the resilience of the people of Palestine in the face of the regime's occupation.
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Iran urges UNHRC to hold Israel accountable for its crimes
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold the Zionist regime and its supporters accountable for their crimes against humanity.
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FM Spox.:
West HR bodies lost their credibility in wake of Gaza war
TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – The spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Western human rights organizations lost their credibility in wake of recent developments in Gaza.
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Human Rights Monitor:
Targeting shelter centers in Gaza violates international law
TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – The Euro-Med Monitor stressed that the occupation's deliberate military attacks against shelters and displacement centers explicitly violate the rules of international law, especially international humanitarian law.
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Pakistani official:
Iran a role model of strategic support for Palestine
TEHRAN, Jan. 1 (MNA) – The special advisor to the prime minister of Pakistan on human rights and women empowerment said that Iran should be followed as a model of strategic and organized support for the Palestinian nation.
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Iran's FM urges ending West's use of UNHRC as instrument
TEHRAN, Dec.31 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called for the cessation of instrumental use of the United Nations Human Rights Council by some Western countries.
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Iran UN envoy:
IRGC advisor's assassination violation of UN Charter, HR
TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN Office in Geneva has vehemently condemned the Israeli assassination of a senior Iranian military advisor in Syria as a blatant violation of human rights.
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Iran blasts Israel complicity in passing anti-Iran resolution
TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – The complicity of the Zionist regime in drafting and approving the human rights resolution against Iran is nothing but a big political and moral scandal for the Western countries, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman says.
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US does not think much of human rights: Iran FM
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has censured Washington’s full support for the Israeli regime amid the genocidal war on Gaza, saying “the United States does not think much of human rights".
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Tehran hosts "Future of Peace and HR in West Asia" conference
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) – The 5th edition of international conference “The Future of Peace and Human Rights in West Asia” was held in Tehran on Monday.
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FM:
Gaza massacre taking place under US empty human rights slogan
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign minister has said that the continued killing of thousands of civilians including women and children in Gaza and the West Bank occurred under the US clear support for the massacre.
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“A Childless Village" goes to Human Rights Film Festival
TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – The Iranian film “A Childless Village" will participate in the 16th edition of the International Human Rights Film Festival in Vienna.
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Iran dismisses EP’s meddling resolution as worthless
TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman dismissed European Parliament's resolution, saying the interfering document reflects certain European states’ confusion over Iran’s might and struggle against arrogance.
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Iran dismisses Canada-drafted resolution at UNGA
TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Iran’s Deputy Representative to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi lambasted a UN General Assembly resolution pushed by Canada over the human rights situation in Iran, calling the measure biased and politically motivated.
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Iran criticizes intl. mechanisms inaction to Zionists crimes
TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – Secretary-General of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights said that the international human rights mechanisms are not even capable of taking a proper stance to Zionist crimes in Gaza, let alone taking practical measures.
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Iran calls for urgent meeting of UN Human Rights Council
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Judiciary has called for an emergency meeting of the Human Rights Council as Israeli genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip rages.
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'American police kill over 1,200 people per year'
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – Ensieh Khazali, the vice president for women and family affairs says that the American police kill more than 1,200 people including women annually.
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US not entitled to be in UN human rights council: Iran envoy
TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – Iran's ambassador and permanent representative in the UN office stated that the US has no right to occupy undeservingly a seat in the UN Human Rights Council.