GENEVA (5 August 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, today urged the Iranian authorities to immediately commute the death penalty recently handed down to Mohammad Ali Tehari, a well-known author of alternative medical theories practiced in Iran and abroad, ...

GENEVA (5 June 2015) – The detention of journalists and human rights defenders weakens the protection of human rights of all in Iran, United Nations Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed has said today, expressing serious concerns at the arbitrary and unlawful arrest, detention and prosecution of journalists and rights activists in ...

The report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed. Submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 25/24  to the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council  in March 2015. READ FULL REPORT ANNEX AND ADDITIONAL ...

State-run agencies and semi-official websites run articles in effort to discredit Ahmed Shaheed By Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran has launched a sophisticated smear campaign against the UN special rapporteur investigating its human rights violations by widely spreading a fabricated WikiLeaks cable purporting to show he received bribes from Saudi Arabia. ...

Dr. Shaheed officially present his report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 16 March 2015. Read Dr. Shaheed’s statement to the UN Human Rights Council. Watch the video of Dr. Shaheed’s statement to ...

Ahmed Shaheed and Christof Heyns, urge the Islamic Republic to halt execution of Saman ...

GENEVA (15 July 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed  today called on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the international community to seize the opportunity created by the agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme to address the human rights situation in the country.   Mr. Shaheed ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran replied to the Special Rapporteur’s March 2015 report on the situation of human rights in Iran. Read the Islamic Republic of Iran’s reply to the SR’s draft ...

Watch Dr. Shaheed officially present his report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the 68th session of the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee on Tuesday, October 28, 2013 at ...