A Shia academic, a disabled protester and a number of detained minors were among 37 people that Saudi Arabia executed in its recent mass execution on "terrorism" charges, a new report has revealed. Human rights groups state that at least 33 out of the 37 individuals executed on Tuesday were from Saudi Arabia's persecuted Shia minority, the Middle East Eye reported Thursday.
Friday, April 26, 2019 11:19
A UN fact-finding mission says Israeli forces committed rights violations during their crackdown against Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip last year that may amount to “war crimes,” urging the regime’s military to prevent its snipers from using lethal force against the demonstrators.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:29
Iranian protesters have rallied outside the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which represents American interests, to condemn the detention in Washington of Press TV journalist and news presenter Marzieh Hashemi.
Sunday, January 20, 2019 04:49
Iran’s minorities have called on Washington to be concerned about its own poor human rights record at home and abroad instead of shedding “crocodile tears” for others. Iran’s Assyro-Chaldean churches also censured US officials’ “interventionist” claims about the situation of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 06:18
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has strongly denounced the Western states for their pretense of advocating human rights while in reality supporting terrorist groups and acts of terror.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 01:52
Iranian foreign minister has said that Saudi Arabia was fueling terrorists while waging war in Yemen and fomenting crisis in Lebanon.
Sunday, November 19, 2017 10:32
Responding to earlier remarks by a Saudi UN diplomat, Iran’s Counsellor and Permanent Representative to the UN Mohammad Hassani-Nejad said on Friday, “One cannot afford to underestimate the toxic danger that is the Saudi-born ideology of Takfirism.”
Saturday, November 18, 2017 08:35
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized Israeli banks for financing the construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank.In a report published on Wednesday, the rights groups said all five of Israel’s largest banks are involved in the regime’s settlements activities through providing loans and mortgages for their construction in the West Bank.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 08:31