War Crimes
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US committed war crimes in Syria’s Raqqa: FM
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – Syrian Foreign Ministry sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General and President of UN Security Council on Monday evening regarding the war crimes committed by US-led anti-ISIL coalition in Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria.
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Germany expels 40 Russian diplomats; Moscow vows to respond
TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – Moscow will respond to Germany's decision to expel 40 Russian diplomats, Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday after Germany decided Monday to declare undesirable a "significant number" of officials at the Russian embassy.
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Russia rejects Ukraine war-crimes allegations as provocations
TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – The Russian military has firmly denied accusations of mass killings of civilians in Bucha, a Ukrainian town northwest of Kyiv.
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Deadly Saudi airstrike in Yemen’s Hajjah ‘war crime’: Houthi
TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) – Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, has reacted to the deadly Saudi bombardment of Hajjah province.
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Iran envoy urges UN to put spotlight on Israeli regime crimes
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva called on the United Nations to focus on heinous war crimes, crimes against humanity and blatant violations of human rights committed by the Zionist regime of Israel.
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Iran blasts baseless remarks of Zionist regime rep. in UN HRC
TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations strongly criticized baseless and unfounded remarks of Zionist regime’s representative raised in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC).
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UN report:
Saudi-coalition strikes have killed 18,000 Yemeni civilians
TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) – At least 18,000 Yemeni civilians have been killed or injured in airstrikes since the Saudi coalition invaded Yemen in 2015, a UN Committee said recently in a report.
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Drug production hike in Afghanistan, result of US crimes
TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – The Secretary-general of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier-General Eskandar Momeni said that narcotic production growth in Afghanistan is the result of crimes committed by the United States in the region.
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Hamas:
UN shows green light to Zionists for crimes against children
TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Expressing disgust for not designating Zionist regime in UN's blacklist, Hamas movement in a statement announced that UN shows green light to Israel to commit crimes against Palestinian children.
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Jordanian FM:
Expelling Palestinians from their homes in Al-Quds, war crime
TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – Foreign Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi said that expelling Palestinians from their homes at Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood and Al-Quds is a war crime and deteriorates the situation again.
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Intl. community urged to take immediate move to stop Zionists
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Palestinian Authority Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour called for the immediate intervention of the international community to stop the Zionist regime’s crimes against the oppressed Palestinians.
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Iran’s parl. speaker:
Palestinians, Resistance to give decisive response to Zionist
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibad said that Palestinian people and Resistance movement will give a decisive and crushing response to atrocities and crimes of Zionist regime against the oppressed Palestinians.
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Amnesty International condemns Israeli crimes on Palestinians
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) –While condemning the Zionist regime’s brutal actions against the oppressed Palestinian people in Gaza, Amnesty International in a statement reiterated that Israeli regime's actions against Palestinian people ‘may be war crimes’.
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Gharibabadi:
Zionists attack on Palestinians 'crime against humanity'
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Iran’s Permanent Representative to Vienna-based International Organizations said that brutal attacks of the Zionist regime on the oppressed Palestinian people in a clear example of crime against humanity.
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Pro-Palestinians convene in front of UN HQ in NY
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – As carrying Palestinian flag, Palestinian supporters convened in front of the UN Headquarters in New York and called on international community to take action in defending the rights of the oppressed Palestinian people.
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Different countries hold vast rallies in support of Palestine
TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Concurrent with the continuation of Zionist regime’s crimes against oppressed Palestinians, people in various countries held massive rallies in support of Palestinian people.
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France need not apologise for Rwanda genocide: former PM
TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) –Former French prime minister Edouard Balladur has rejected the recent findings of a historical commission investigating France's role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, saying that his country does not need to apologize.
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Zionist officials afraid of arrest following ICC move
TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – Reports indicate that the Israeli regime is preparing a list of officials that should not travel abroad as they may be arrested following the recent ICC move.
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Official urges intl. body to stop Israeli crimes on Palestine
TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – Palestinian Authority Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh called on the international community to stop Zionist regime's crimes and atrocities against the oppressed Palestinians.
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US responsible for Yemen destruction: HRW official
TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – A Human Rights Watch official has cast doubt on the US president's intention to end US support for the war on Yemen, adding that Washington's role in destroying Yemen should not be neglected.
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MP urges pursuing US prevention of medicine delivery to Iran in intl. courts
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – A Member of Iranian Parliament Shahbaz Hassnpour Biglari called on the government to pursue US prevention of the delivery of medicines to Iran in international courts.
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ICICL calls on Intl. Criminal Court to open probe into war crimes in Yemen
TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Center for International Criminal Law (ICICL) has requested the International Criminal Court Prosecutor to open preliminary investigations on war crimes committed by Saudi-led coalition in Yemen since 2015.
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Iraq Parliament seeks compensation for US, Israeli regime's use of banned weapons
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – The Iraqi Parliament is preparing to pass into law a motion according to which the United States and its allies, including the Israeli regime will be demanded compensation for their use of banned weapons in wars in Iraq.
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UN urges Britain to probe troops’ alleged murder, torture, abuse in Iraq
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – The UN Committee Against Torture has called on the UK to investigate claims of murder, torture and abuse by its troops in Iraq.