The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Iran says the Islamic republic continues to execute hundreds of people each year, and conditions are worsening in the country for religious and ethnic minorities and women.
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Iran urged to stop executions
Three senior UN human rights rapporteurs have called on Iran to stop the execution of 11 prisoners set to be hanged today, October 13.
New UN Report on Iran: Systematic Violations of Human Rights and a Culture of Impunity
UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Immediate Release of All Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience, and a Moratorium on Executions.
Larijani Attacks UN Mechanisms, Calls Shaheed “Irrelevant”
Commentary: Shortly after Ban Ki-moon left Tehran, Iranian Human Rights Council head Mohammad Javad Larijani criticized the UN’s human rights mechanisms publicly, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, on Iran’s State TV. (ISNA)
Tehran Welcomes Ban Ki-moon, Ignores Ahmed Shaheed
Over the past few days, hundreds of Iranians have engaged in a letter-writing campaign to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as he prepares to visit Tehran to attend the Non-Aligned Movement Conference.
A Letter To Ahmad Shaheed ; Concerns About Prisoners’ Health
Ardeshir Amirarjmand, spoksperson of The Coordinating Council for the Green Path of Hope of Iran, has sent a letter to Ahmad Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to draw his attention to the plight of a number of political prisoners whose health […]
Dr. A. Shaheed – Special Rapporteur seeks access to Iranian refugees in Turkey
Ahmed Shaheed, a UN special rapporteur charged with examining human rights conditions in Iran, has indicated that he is looking forward to gaining access to Iranian refugees located within Turkey in order to gather additional information about the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Monitoring Iran: One Year into the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran
Download PDF of report (www.iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/monitoring-iran-march-2012-final.pdf) In March 2011, in response to escalating violations of international law and Iran’s ongoing non-cooperation with UN human rights mechanisms, the United Nations Human Rights Council mandated a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
U.N. urges Iran to reconsider death penalty
GENEVA The United Nations called on Iran to ban the death penalty in cases that do not meet standards of “serious crime” as defined by international law, according to a report to be published Monday.
Iran slams UN human rights report
Iranian authorities have denounced the recent report of the United Nation’s special human rights rapporteur for Iran.