The Iranian government should immediately allow access to the UN appointed Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed to address Iran’s ongoing human rights crisis, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today, following the release of Shaheed’s interim report.
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‘Strong’ IAEA report may increase pressure on Iran
Reuters — The UN nuclear watchdog is expected to raise international pressure on Iran with a report next month likely to heighten suspicions about the Islamic state’s atomic ambitions, Western diplomats said on Friday. But they said it was unclear whether the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would go as far as to make a […]
Mothers of Killed Protesters Seek UN Support to Find Their Children’s Murderers
Only two weeks before the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran is to present his report, two mothers of the post-election 2009 victims told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that their search for the murderers of their children has not produced any results.
UN Experts Condemn Hanging of 17-year-old Alireza Molla Soltani
GENEVA – Four United Nations experts* condemned the public execution by hanging of 17-year-old Alireza Molla Soltani, which was carried out yesterday, and the ongoing practice by the Iranian authorities, of executing people charged with drug-related offenses.
UN human rights experts condemn executions in Iran
Ahmed Shaheed and three other special United Nation Rapporteurs have condemned the hanging of 17-year-old Alireza Mollasoltani and called for a halt to executions in Iran.
UN’s Special Rapporteur To Iran ‘Fully Aware Of Daunting Task Ahead’
September 20, 2011By Courtney BrooksA career politician from the Maldives who was a key architect of the remote archipelago’s democratic reforms has taken on an extraordinarily daunting task: acting as the UN’s first special rapporteur on human rights to Iran since 2002.
Ebadi urges UN rapporteur to protest rights violations in Iran
Iranian human rights defenders have no security in terms of their lives or professions in Iran, writes Shirin Ebadi, the head of Iran’s Human Rights Defenders Centre, in a letter to Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on human rights for Iran.
William Hague: Britain to push for Iran UN resolution
Britain will push the United Nations for a strong resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran, the foreign secretary has said.
A Moving Letter from Dr. Maleki to UN Special Rapporteur
Dr. Mohammad Maleki, the first president of Tehran University after the revolution, has written an open letter to Dr. Ahmad Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Iran “charm offensive” fails to ease nuclear fears
An Iranian effort to show increased openness about its disputed nuclear program is doing little to dispel Western suspicions about Tehran’s atomic ambitions, with one Vienna-based envoy dismissing it as a “charm offensive.”