Iran

The acting deputy for international affairs of the Judiciary said: "This summer, 20,619 prisoners across the country were released from prison using legal concessions and judicial facilities."

Violence erupts in new Paris protest against security law: Reports

Violence erupted in Paris for the second consecutive weekend at a mass protest against a new security law and police brutality, as demonstrators clashed with police, set alight vehicles and smashed shop windows.

Iran envoy wary of closure of Yemen Int. airport for humanitarian flights

Iranian Ambassador to Yemen in a message expressed outrage at continued closure of Sana'a Airport, calling for open service for the flights carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen exposed to severe shortage of food and medical supplies.

Germany should cooperate to allay suspicions on Gen. Soleimani assassination case: HR official

In a meeting with the German ambassador to Tehran, the Secretary of High Council for Human Rights demanded that Germany cooperate with the Iranian judicial system in order to eliminate suspicions on Gen. Soleimani assassination case and also complete...

Rape crisis in UK society: Report

Only a tiny fraction of reported rapes lead to a charge, let alone a court case. It’s time to overhaul this broken system

UN experts: France security law incompatible with human rights

UN experts have urged France to completely revise a proposed new security law, deeming it “incompatible” with international law and human rights.Five independent UN special reporters took the French government to task over the proposed legislation an...

Zarif urges Germany to "stop despicable COVID19 apartheid"

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message advised German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and the E3 to stop despicable COVID apartheid before commenting on what Iran should do.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen at protest: Officials

A Palestinian teenager has been killed in clashes with the Israeli army on the sidelines of a protest in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

HR official: Deal with terrorism in Iran as in France and Austria just for once!

In separate letters to the UN Secretary General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretary of High Council for Human Rights demanded that they condemn the assassination of martyred Mohsen Fakhrizade and deal with terrorism in Iran just...

UN chief deplores contemporary slavery, saying still 40m victims

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on the International Day for Abolition of Slavery, December 2, 2020 said that over 40 million people are still victims of contemporary slavery of whom 71 percent are women and girls.

UN humanitarian office puts Yemen war dead at 233,000, mostly from ‘indirect causes’

Almost a quarter of a million people have died in Yemen’s war, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on its website on Tuesday, confirming the huge toll from a conflict that has ravaged Yemen’s economy and created the...