Lord Alton: Iran’s democratic population needs a stronger voice, both at home and abroad

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) must get ready for enrichment up to 190,000SWU from tomorrow to increase uranium enrichment capacity if a nuclear deal with world powers falls apart after the US withdrawal

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There has been a tremendous amount of debate over Iran policy recently following President Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the nuclear deal. The debate has been raging about the destructive role of the Islamic Republic in regional crises like in Syria, its ballistic missile programmes, support for terrorism as well as the domestic human rights violations.

The discussion is focused on what level of responsibility the international community should assume in confronting the

Protesters rally after Iranian minister addresses UN rights body

Geneva, Reuters, February 28, 2018 - As Iran’s justice minister addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, protesters rallied outside against the senior official who is on European Union and Swiss sanctions lists over alleged involvement in violations including arbitrary arrests and a rise in executions while he was president of the Tehran judiciary.

Alireza Avai was a senior judiciary official during the 1980s and the Mujahedin-e Khalq, an Iranian opposition group, accuses him of playing a role in the Islamic Republic’s execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988.

He said a recent reform of its drug laws should lead to fewer executions after the UN Secretary-General said he remained alarmed about their high number - nearly 500 last year.

Women’s Economic Empowerment in Iran, Moving in the Opposite Direction

The international community has made an unprecedented commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment, in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

In a bold measure, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced his initiative to achieve parity at senior levels by 2021, and across the board by 2028. For his part, he appointed 17 women and 15 men to the senior management groups of the United Nations but stressed that “the changes needed are not just to recruitment systems and staff rules, but to our own attitudes and approaches.”

The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) set this year’s theme, “women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work,” and made specific recommendations[1] to all member states to take steps to fulfill their commitments towards planet 50-50 by 2030.

Iranian Justice Minister Alireza Avaei has no place in UNHRC panel

OIAC strongly denounces the planned appearance at the United NationsHuman Rights Council (UNHRC) by Iranian Justice Minister Alireza Avaei,
We call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to resend its invitation to Avaei and urge it instead to consider rightful grievances of the 1988 massacre victims.”
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WASHINGTON, DC, February 23, 2018, /EINPresswire.com - Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) strongly denounces the planned appearance at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by Iranian Justice Minister Alireza Avaei, a perpetrator of the 1988 massacre of some 30,000 political prisoners.
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