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 ...
Bradley Richards recalls how he woke up with blood pouring from his head - SWNS/ that led to the death of a British man believes he will have to change careers after suffering life-changing injuries. Bradley Richards, 29, was left with six fractures in his spine and neck and internal bleeding ...
Israeli forces have continued striking targets in Gaza even as the US and its allies push for both sides to accept a ceasefire proposal/ The US government has "every expectation" that Israel will accept a ceasefire proposal that would begin with a six-week cessation of hostilities in Gaza if ...
The two women and man, all aged in their 20s were caught in floods in the northern Friuli region/ Three young friends, including a couple, were filmed in a heartbreaking final embrace before they were swept away by flash floods in northern Italy. Patrizia Cormos, 20, her friend Bianca Doros, 23, ...
Google Finance. *Market caps as of May 30, 2024. Microsoft surged past Apple earlier this year to take the No. 1 spot based on market cap. The company's partnership with ChatGPT creator OpenAI has unquestionably been the primary factor behind Microsoft's remarkable rise. The tech giant has ...
Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich reject the US-backed ceasefire deal/ Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to quit and collapse the governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal unveiled by US President Joe Biden on Friday. Finance ...
A Nexstar video breaking down fast food chains that have seen the fastest-rising prices. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — More than a dozen Rubio’s Coastal Grill locations across San Diego County abruptly closed this week, surprising both workers and customers./ In a statement sent to FOX 5/KUSI on ...
GARDI SUGDUB, Panama (AP) — On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that next week for the ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted there will be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas’s military and governing capabilities are destroyed and all hostages are released. His statement comes after US President Joe Biden announced Israel had proposed a three-stage plan to ...
US President Joe Biden said that 'it's time for this war to end'/ US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that "it's time for this war to end". The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which the Israel ...
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