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Iran towards renewing intellectual property rights 26 Nov 2017

Iran towards renewing intellectual property rights

Iran has a specific focus on increasing economic growth rate and seeks the target via reducing its reliance on oil revenues, as well as fostering a knowledge-based economy which is believed to have a high positive impact on increasing domestic production. However, knowledge-based products are intangible and non-excludable goods, which makes it difficult for their […]

Ebtekar, EU rep discuss women’s rights 22 Nov 2017

Ebtekar, EU rep discuss women’s rights

TEHRAN — The Iranian vice president for women and family affairs and the European Union’s special representative for human rights held a meeting in Tehran. In a recent tweet shared late Monday VP Masoumeh Ebtekar wrote about her visit with Stavros Lambrinidis in Tehran, however, she hasn’t mentioned the exact date of the session. “We […]

Westerners’ human rights, political pretext 14 Nov 2017

Westerners’ human rights, political pretext

TEHRAN– Iran’s judiciary chief says that he is against the presence of UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran and dialogue with rapporteur in abroad should be upon the condition of effectiveness. “One of the main aspects of the issue of human rights is the theory sides of the story especially the philosophical and […]

Cartoon exhibit to spotlight women’s rights in Iran 24 Oct 2017

Cartoon exhibit to spotlight women’s rights in Iran

TEHRAN – An exhibition of cartoons on women’s rights in Iran will be held in Paris during January 2018. The cartoons have been created by Pantea Vaeznia for the exhibit, which is part of the 1st Persian Speakers in Europe Art Festival, the organizers announced in a press release on Monday. “This exhibition gives a […]

NAM Urges World States to Reinforce Human Rights Norms 05 Oct 2017

NAM Urges World States to Reinforce Human Rights Norms

TEHRAN  – The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) called on all countries to fulfill their obligations and help promote global respect for human rights norms. “The NAM Members also reiterate that human rights, the rule of law and democracy are interdependent and mutually reinforcing. All states should fulfil their obligations to promote universal respect for and observance […]

Rights Group Urges New Myanmar Sanctions over Rohingya Crisis 18 Sep 2017

Rights Group Urges New Myanmar Sanctions over Rohingya Crisis

TEHRAN  – A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an offensive that has sent 410,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh to escape what the United Nations has branded ethnic cleansing. The latest spasm of violence in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State began on Aug. […]

Iranian President Urges All Gov’t Bodies to Observe Citizens’ Rights 13 Sep 2017

Iranian President Urges All Gov’t Bodies to Observe Citizens’ Rights

TEHRAN  – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the importance of “Charter on Citizens’ Rights” in the progress of the country and urged all governmental organizations to observe the rights of the people. “The foundation of our domestic policy… and our social security is based on respect for citizens’ rights,” Rouhani said at a cabinet session […]