Category: 1. Iran

Spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baqaei, expressed regret over the continued exploitation of human rights mechanisms by the UK, Germany, and certain other Western countries to exert political pressure on developing nations.

Denmark’s prime minister will aim to shore up a united front with Greenland on Thursday during a visit to the autonomous territory, which US President Donald Trump has vowed to take over.

Tensions between the United States and Denmark have soared…

The Rabat Qoli Caravanserai, a centuries-old waystation in North Khorasan’s Jajrom County in Iran, stands as a testament to Iran’s Silk Road legacy.

The grave of Nika Shakarami, a young woman killed during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests in Iran, has been desecrated again, prompting a strong message from her mother, Nasrin Shakarami. The message was shared on X by Nika’s sister, Aida.

Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ali Bahraini, denounced the adoption of an anti-Iranian resolution at the UN Human Rights Council, calling it a discriminatory move that undermines the credibility of…

The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday condemned Iran’s systematic human rights abuses and extended the mandates of its special rapporteur and the independent international fact-finding mission for another year.

The resolution, submitted by…

The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasized that Tehran has never sought war or conflict, adding, however, that the Islamic Republic has no hesitation in defending itself and maintains the highest level of readiness and capability in…

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter.

I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition I’m looking at how Iran’s threats to go nuclear and its insistence on…

Why it matters:

The resolution, which claims to address human rights concerns in Iran, has been criticized by Tehran as a politically charged action designed to tarnish its image on the global stage, especially while…