UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

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  • Three members of UN commission on Israel resign 2025-07-15 18:59

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Sanctions, delegitimization, and resignations: The end of UN oversight in occupied Palestine

    TEHRAN- The recent resignation of all members of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory epitomizes the fraught intersection of human rights accountability, geopolitical confrontation, and organizational challenges within the UN system.

  • UN resolution 2024-04-06 22:14

    By Wesam Bahrani

    UN rights body calls for Israeli arms embargo

    UNHRC resolution demands accountability for war crimes

    TEHRAN- The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted a resolution calling on all countries “to cease the sale, transfer and diversion of arms, munitions and other military equipment to Israel, the occupying power”.

  • Iran ready for scientific cooperation in realizing a better world 2023-11-03 16:12

    Iran ready for scientific cooperation in realizing a better world

    TEHRAN – Vice President for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-based Economy, Rouhollah Dehqani-Firouzabadi, condemning unilateral coercive measures against Iran's knowledge-based and scientific companies, announced Iran's readiness for scientific and technological cooperation with other countries to make a better world.

  • Ambassador Ali Bahraini 2023-05-20 23:04

    Iran's UN ambassador to chair Social Forum

    TEHRAN - An Iranian diplomat has been appointed to chair the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Social Forum in November 2023. UNHRC President Vaclav Balek announced the appointment of the Iranian foreign policy expert in a letter dated May 10, 2023. Ali Bahreini, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, was chosen from among several regional candidates.

  • UN fact-finding mission 2022-12-05 22:29

    Iran does not recognize UN fact-finding committee: MP

    TEHRAN – An Iranian lawmaker has dismissed the fact-finding committee mandated by the United Nations as interference in Iran’s internal affairs, saying that Iran does not recognize the committee.