High Council for Human Rights (, Sitad-e Heqâvâq-e Beshir) is the governmental national human rights institution of Iran, subdivision to the Judiciary of Iran.
Positions The council rejects and condemns appointment of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran by United Nations and strongly opposes the western countries' positions about current human rights situation in Iran. It also assumes the "true face" of human rights should be sought through Islam.
The council has challenged laws against Holocaust denial, spread of Islamophobia, forced unveiling in schools, specifically in France as being against human rights.
The council condemned the Nobel Prize Committee for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohamamadi in 2023, alleging that she is a criminal."حمایت از زنان ایران در ادامه واکنشهای گسترده و جهانی به نوبل صلح نرگس محمدی" [Supporting the women of Iran in the continuation of the widespread and global reactions to Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Peace Prize]. 8 October 2023. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
Leadership According to the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, new members were added to this council in the winter of 2023. The new members of the Judicial Branch's Human Rights Council include the head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, and the Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, among the new members of the Human Rights Council.«افزایش اعضای ستاد حقوق بشر قوه قضائیه؛ رئیس سازمان اطلاعات سپاه پاسداران به این ستاد پیوست». BBC News فارسی. دریافتشده در ۲۰۲۳-۰۱-۱۴.
See also Human rights in Iran
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