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 ...
Scottie Scheffler reacts to his chip to the green on the fourth hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)/ LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky court has postponed pro golfer ...
Play video ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu And Hamas Leaders from BBC News/ ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu And Hamas Leaders/ More international reaction to the ICC's announcement now, this time from the UK prime minister. A spokesperson for Rishi Sunak says the ICC prosecutor's ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rescuers on Monday found a helicopter that was carrying , the country’s foreign minister and other officials that had apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran the day before, though “no sign of life” was detected, state media reported. As ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's president and foreign minister on Sunday sent shock waves around the region. Details remained scant in the hours after the incident, and it was unclear if Iranian President/ WHO WAS ON BOARD THE HELICOPTER AND WHERE WERE THEY ...
Play video Iran’s President & Foreign Minister Dead from BBC News/ With updates from BBC Persian and Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet./ What do we know about the helicopter that crashed?/ A British Bell 212 being flown by the Army Air Corps in 2010 Image caption: A British Bell 212 ...
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With the Fed holding benchmark rates steady, inventory shortages and elevated home prices are expected to continue./ At the beginning of the year, housing experts and homebuyers looked forward to better buying conditions — interest rates were poised to drop, a shift expected to free up inventory ...
Disability Rights UK has said extending fraud detection to bank accounts could lead to a situation comparable to the Horizon IT debacle./ Supporters of Disabled People Against Cuts and Winvisible protest against deaths caused by benefit cuts and sanctions at the Department for Work and Pensions ...
A man rammed his car into another car carrying a family of five before driving away and crashing into a utility pole in north Austin, according to an arrest affidavit. On Monday, at approximately 8:15 a.m., officers with AFD and APD responded to a vehicle collision at 9515 Burnet Road./ The ...
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