Tag : ramin mehmanparast

April 1, 2011

(1 April 2011) The Islamic Republic of Iran’s denunciation of a landmark United Nations Human Rights Council vote to appoint a human rights monitor, and leading politicians’ threats to deny the investigator access to the country, demonstrate the lack of cooperation with the international ...

February 10, 2011

Ramin Mehmanparast, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, announced that 80% of recent executions were drug related and emphasized that if Iran does not fight drugs, European countries will be harmed. The announcement came on the heels of objections and statements made by human rights organizations ...