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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed

General Assembly voices concern over Iranian human rights record

19 December 2011
United Nations Member States today expressed deep concern at reports of human rights violations in Iran, including torture, the use of cruel punishments such as flogging and amputations and “pervasive gender inequality and violence against women,” and called on Tehran to strengthen its national human rights institutions.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Ban voices outrage after attack against UK embassy in Iranian capital

30 November 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his shock and outrage at yesterday’s attack against the United Kingdom’s embassy in Iran and urged the country’s authorities to take steps to prevent similar attacks against other diplomatic missions.
Amb. José Filipe Moraes Cabral

Security Council strongly condemns attacks against UK embassy in Iran

29 November 2011
The Security Council today strongly condemned the attacks against the United Kingdom’s embassy in the Iranian capital which resulted in intrusions into the diplomatic and consular premises and caused serious damage.
General Assembly

General Assembly condemns plot to kill Saudi Arabian diplomat

18 November 2011
United Nations Member States today deplored a disrupted plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States and called on Iran to cooperate with any countries trying to bring to justice those who planned, sponsored or attempted to carry out the plot.
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano

UN agency seeks visit to clarify nature of Iran’s nuclear programme

17 November 2011
The head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today there is credible information that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon and called on the country to agree to a visit by a high-level team to clarify the nature of its nuclear programme.
Christine Chanet

Iran: UN human rights body concerned over executions and minority rights

3 November 2011
The United Nations committee tasked with reviewing compliance with international human rights treaties today voiced concern over Iran’s record on upholding the rights of religious and ethnic minorities, and the increasing number of executions in the country.
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed

Iran: UN human rights expert stresses need for dialogue

20 October 2011
An independent United Nations human rights expert on Iran today stressed the need for constructive dialogue with the country’s authorities, adding that he was encouraged by Tehran’s stated willingness to cooperate with him as he carries out his mandate.
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed

Iran: UN human rights expert concerned over judicial abuses

19 October 2011
The United Nations independent expert on the situation of human rights in Iran today voiced concern over alleged violations in the country’s judicial system, citing practices such as torture, cruel or degrading treatment of detainees, and the imposition of the death penalty without proper safeguards.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the General Assembly

Iranian nuclear issue can only be resolved via negotiated solution – Ban

23 September 2011
The dispute over the status of Iran’s nuclear programme can only be resolved “through a negotiated political solution that restores international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature” of the programme, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran

New global order needed to defeat tyranny and misery, Iranian leader tells UN

22 September 2011
Iran’s President today called for a new global order, telling the General Assembly that “slave masters and colonial powers” dominate international affairs, oppressing other nations and causing misery and disorder to peoples around the world.