Public executions in Iran are often witnessed by children and are meted out for offenses such as homosexuality and drug possession. (Courtesy: Iran Human Rights)/ Iran lashed out at critics of its abysmal human rights record at a U.N. hearing Friday, blaming the West for Saturday’s execution of ...
Senior Iranian official defends case of hanging of woman * Western states call for freedom of expression and religion * U.S. urges release of Washington Post journalist (Adds quotes by activists and former lawyer of Jabbari) GENEVA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Iran defended itself on Friday against ...
Public executions in Iran are often witnessed by children and are meted out for offenses such as homosexuality and drug possession. (Courtesy: Iran Human Rights)/ On the eve of Iran's defense of its human rights record Friday before a key United Nations panel, a lawyer for the woman executed in ...
Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights and advisor to the chief of the judiciary on international affairs, who is leading Iran's delegation, speaks during the United Nations (U.N.) Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group meeting to ...
Iran has rejected Western criticism of its human rights record during a meeting of a UN human rights body in Geneva. Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary general of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, lashed out on October 31 at what he called the West's attempts to "impose your lifestyle under ...
Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights and advisor to the chief of the judiciary on international affairs, who is leading Iran's delegation, speaks during the United Nations (U.N.) Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group meeting to ...
Iran faced harsh criticism of its rights record Friday, with UN diplomats highlighting soaring numbers of executions and lamenting the recent hanging of a woman who murdered her attempted rapist./ But Iran hit back at the criticism, instead slamming countries trying to impose "specific ...
Iran defended its human rights record on Friday, striking back at the West for its criticism about a woman hanged for murder in an alleged rape case. Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary general of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, was responding to calls from Western powers, including the ...
Reporters always carry some kind of baggage with them when they head off to cover a story - whether it's the tools of their trade, a camera or a microphone, or something less tangible, such as memories of a past encounter or story. It was on a recent deployment that the BBC's Middle East analyst ...
A UN car pictured in the Gaza Strip in April this year/ The United Nations says one of its staff members was killed and another injured as they travelled to a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday. It said the workers were travelling in a UN vehicle to the European Hospital in Rafah when it was ...
The Kansas City area has one of the most deadly roads in the country, according to an analysis of data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Interstate 670 had the third most traffic deaths per mile of any road in the country, an analysis by Florida law firm Also known as the ...
Judge Judy Sheindlin arrives at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on May 5, 2019. Sheindlin sued the parent company of the National Enquirer and InTouch Weekly on Monday, May 13, 2024, for a story that she said falsely claimed that she was trying to help the Menendez ...
used a profanity on Monday while offering advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders about how to break through barriers. Harris was participating in a conversation moderated by actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang when he asked her what it means to be the first vice ...
Lebanon is worried that Israel might intensify its offensive against the Lebanon-based Shia militant group Hezbollah, the country’s foreign minister has said, as the conflict between the two sides escalates along the border. In an interview with the BBC, Abdallah Bou Habib said it was unlikely ...
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Sirens have sounded across Israel to mark Memorial Day, honouring its war dead. This year, Israelis also commemorate more than 1,000 victims of last October's Hamas attack, which triggered the current war in Gaza. President Isaac Herzog opened commemorations at Jerusalem's Western Wall on Sunday ...
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S. electric ...
recently, gaining more than 4% over the past five days to close out their best week of the year. ) is up more than 12% year to date in a reversal from last year when investors due to expensive projects and high interest rates. from artificial intelligence has made the defensive part of the ...