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HRW Urges G20 to Hold Saudi Accountable over Human Rights Abuses

TEHRAN (defapress) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged G20 member states to pressure Saudi Arabia into releasing activists detained unlawfully and provide accountability for past abuses ahead of a leaders summit scheduled to be held in the kingdom later this month.
News ID: 82509    Publish Date : 2020/11/10

MP:

Audacity towards sanctities is violation of human dignity

TEHRAN (defapress) – In a reaction to the statements of French President Emmanuel Macron, First Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament said that rudeness towards sanctities is clear violation of dignity of all human beings.
News ID: 82433    Publish Date : 2020/11/01

Human Rights Watch Calls on Saudi Arabia to Halt Eight Imminent Executions

TEHRAN (defapress)- Human Rights Watch called on Saudi Arabia to stop the imminent execution of eight men charged with activities related to a wave of anti-government protests while they were under the age of 18.
News ID: 82342    Publish Date : 2020/10/21

Iran calls US unilateralism as real threat to human rights

TEHRAN (defapress) – Calling US unilateralism as a real threat to human rights in the world, Iran's representative in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly criticized the relevant human rights bodies for inaction against US sanctions.
News ID: 82295    Publish Date : 2020/10/15

Official:

Human Rights Practically Taught to Europeans by Iran's Exports of Anti-Coronavirus Equipment

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iran's Deputy Judiciary Chief for International and Human Rights Affairs Ali Baqeri underlined the country's capability to produce and export anti-coronavirus equipment despite sanctions, saying that Tehran taught the Europeans some human rights lessons by sending such equipment to them.
News ID: 81411    Publish Date : 2020/06/28

FM:

US Has No Respect for Human Rights Even in Its Economic Terrorism

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Washington’s “in human e” sanctions have prevented Iranian victims of chemical warfare from accessing the medicine they need.
News ID: 81406    Publish Date : 2020/06/28

Human Rights Groups Slam UN for Taking Saudi-Led Coalition Off Blacklist

TEHRAN (defapress) – US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen off a global blacklist of parties whose actions have harmed children in conflict, a move that drew immediate protests from human rights groups.
News ID: 81335    Publish Date : 2020/06/16

Clinton Brands Trump ‘Illegitimate President’, ‘Corrupt Human Tornado’ Amid Impeachment Inquiry

TEHRAN (defapress)- Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign rival from 2016, chose strong words to voice her support for the House of Representatives’ newly-launched impeachment inquiry.
News ID: 78825    Publish Date : 2019/09/27

Iran reports on US human rights violations in 2018

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Iranian Parliament’s national security commission has published a report, recounting the many instances of human rights violations by the US government last year.
News ID: 77643    Publish Date : 2019/06/03

UN Expert Says US Sanctions against Iran Violate Human Rights

TEHRAN (defapress) – UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy railed against the administration of US President Donald Trump for re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, saying that the embargoes violate human rights and the norms of international behavior.
News ID: 77265    Publish Date : 2019/05/07

Trump Praises Sisi as Critics Reiterate Concern for Human Rights

TEHRAN (defapress)- US President Donald Trump, welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to the White House on Tuesday, saying a lot of progress had been made with Cairo in terms of "terrorism".
News ID: 76734    Publish Date : 2019/04/10

FM spox:

US biggest violator of Iranian nation’s human rights

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran has dismissed the US State Department’s annual human rights report, describing the US administration as the biggest violator of the Iranian people’s human rights.
News ID: 76193    Publish Date : 2019/03/15

Larijani slams US on double standards regarding human rights

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani rebuked the arrest of Marzieh Hashemi, a US-born anchor working for Iran's Press TV, saying such tricky measures prove Washington’s double standards regarding human rights.
News ID: 75084    Publish Date : 2019/01/20

Top official:

Iran most capable in human rights

TEHRAN(defapress)– Iran is most capable in human rights; that's why the enemy targets the country there, said the secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights.
News ID: 74246    Publish Date : 2018/12/10

Health Minister Regrets US Violations of Human Rights

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi expressed deep regret that the US' claims that it would not impose sanctions on medicine were not delivered on, saying that it is a pity that human rights are violated in the 21st century.
News ID: 73928    Publish Date : 2018/11/25

Iran Asks UN to Stand against US, Allies' Double-Standard Human Rights

TEHRAN (defapress)- Secretary of Iran's Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani called on the UN to stand against the US and its allies' double-standard approach towards human rights.
News ID: 69187    Publish Date : 2018/03/13

Report Reveals Widespread Human Rights Violation in Bahrain

TEHRAN (defapress) - President of a Bahraini forum reported 995 cases of violation of human rights in Bahrain only in January, pointing to the arbitrary arrest of six children in that period.
News ID: 68600    Publish Date : 2018/02/10

Iran Dismisses UN Human Rights Report as Politically-Motivated

TEHRAN (defapress) – Tehran does not recognize a new report the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran is going to submit to the UN General Assembly Third Committee, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, rejecting the report as baseless, biased and politically-motivated.
News ID: 65823    Publish Date : 2017/09/03

Senior Cleric Raps US for Double-Standards Towards Human Rights Issues

TEHRAN (defapress)- Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami blasted the western states, specially the US, for their biased policies towards human rights issues in different world countries.
News ID: 65643    Publish Date : 2017/08/18