The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran is warning about a surge in executions by the Islamic republic. In his latest report to the UN General Assembly, Ahmed Shaheed said at least 852 people, including 8 juvenile offenders, were executed in Iran since June ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday dismissed a U.N. investigator's allegations of severe human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic, saying the criticisms were aimed at inciting "Iranophobia and Islamophobia."/ The latest report, by U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Iran Ahmed ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hasn’t lived up to his campaign pledge to improve human rights, even as he has sought to improve relations with world powers through nuclear negotiations, a Iranian leaders are using the nuclear discussions to show the Islamic Republic’s “positive aspects, as it ...
Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari, shown in 2007, was executed in Tehran for the murder of a former intelligence official she accused of trying to rape her./ A United Nations human rights investigator has expressed shock at last weekend's execution of an Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she ...
Iranian officials prepare the noose for an execution in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014 (AFP Photo/Arash Khamooshi)/ United Nations (United States) (AFP) - At least 850 people have been executed in Iran in the past 15 months as part of a worsening human rights situation under ...
From mountain cliffs to sea bottoms, weird weddings around the world./ (Reuters) - A U.N. human rights investigator on Monday expressed shock at Iran's weekend execution of a 26-year-old woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager, saying he had repeatedly ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. human rights investigator on Monday expressed shock at Iran's weekend execution of a 26-year-old woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager, saying he had repeatedly voiced concerns to Tehran about her trial. Reyhaneh ...
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations special investigator on Iran is not fazed by a senior official’s announcement that he is banned from the country, saying, “He loves banning me.” Ahmed Shaheed spoke Monday, a day before presenting his report on Iran to the General Assembly’s human rights ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations special investigator on Iran is not fazed by a senior official's announcement that he is banned from the country, saying, "He loves banning me." Ahmed Shaheed spoke Monday, a day before presenting his report on Iran to the General Assembly's human rights ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Tehran says it has banned the U.N.’s envoy for human rights in Iran from visiting the country, accusing him of political bias. Mohammad Javad Larijani, a senior judicial official, on Monday called U.N. Special Rapporteur Ahmad Shaheed a “media actor” and accused him of issuing ...
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran 27 October 2014 - The human rights situation in Iran remains of deep concern, an independent United Nations expert said today, flagging issues related to the right to life, the judicial system, religious persecution, and discrimination ...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke after discussing Hamas's response with Qatar's prime minister in Doha/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Hamas has proposed "numerous changes" to a US-backed plan for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, which currently hangs in the ...
Pictures from the scene show the fire-damaged building/ At least 35 people have been killed in a fire at a residential building in the Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, the interior ministry says. Video shared on social media showed flames engulfing the lower part of the building and thick black smoke ...
run authorities in Gaza say dozens of homes were damaged during the operation/ The UN human rights office says it is “profoundly shocked” at the impact on civilians of the Israeli operation in central Gaza that rescued four hostages held by Hamas. Palestinian health officials said hundreds of ...
Roquel Payton, from left, Alexander Morris, and Ronnie McNeir of the Four Tops perform at the All In Music & Arts Festival in Indianapolis on Sept. 3, 2022. Morris filed a lawsuit Monday against Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, Mich. He is claiming racial discrimination and other ...
After deliberating for approximately three hours spread over two days, jurors in Wilmington, Delaware, reached a guilty verdict against The charges stemmed from his 2018 purchase of a firearm, wherein he was accused of falsely denying drug use on his application and unlawfully possessing the ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the Greek tourist island. Greece's Culture Ministry said Tuesday that the structure is a “unique and extremely ...
The US is pushing for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire deal/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "reaffirmed his commitment" to a Gaza ceasefire plan, and that if it does not progress Hamas will be to blame. Mr Blinken reiterated his ...
The boat capsized off waters near Yemen's port city of Aden (file photo from 2019)/ At least 49 people from the Horn of Africa have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM). Among the dead were six children and 31 ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After weeks of dry and hot weather, we finally have widespread chances for rain setting in overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning. The downpours will build after midnight in Sarasota, Manatee, Hardee, DeSoto, and Highlands counties. After sunrise, the showers will begin ...
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates struck a paragraph from ...