24 October 2013, PressTV - Iran has dismissed a recent report by the United Nations special rapporteur on its situation of human rights as biased, unfair and detached from the current realities of the Islamic Republic. ...
2 October 2013, ISNA - Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported that Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran askes "the Iranian government to take more steps for the unconditional release of all political prisoners and implementing the promises Hassan Rouhani made during his elections campaign ...
26 April 2013 - Watch Dr. Shaheed's talk with the Balatarin's Balavision program on Friday, April 26, ...
On October 22nd, Dr. Shaheed discussed his latest report on human rights in Iran that he delivered to the UN General Assembly with Warren Hoge of the International Peace ...
27 July 2013 - The diaspora’s input is crucial in gathering information about alleged human rights violations in Iran as they are free to speak without intimidation, said the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the issue at the end of his fact-finding mission to the U.S. and ...
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran speaks with Dr. Shaheed about the upcoming Iranian presidential elections, women’s rights, and other issues. Listen to their new podcast ...
23 October 2013, Reuters - Iran's human rights record should not be overlooked amid overtures to the West by new President Hassan Rouhani, a U.N. envoy said on Wednesday as he criticized Tehran for executing 724 people in 18 months, including dozens just after Rouhani was elected in ...
14 June 2013 - Ahmed Shaheed on the death penalty situation in the Islamic Republic at the 5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in ...
The Guardian reports on Amnesty International’s analysis of the death penalty in 2012, Iran, and Dr. Shaheed. The Guardian Saeed Kamali Dehghan Only one in 10 countries in the world carried out capital punishment last year, as the global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty continued, with some progress in Africa, ...