Despite calls in some quarters for him to skip out, the UN Secretary General plans to travel to Iran next week, a country that has become a dungeon for its own people. He will attend the 16th Summit of the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement, which will be chaired by Iran through...

Gender apartheid in Iran is as damaging to that society as racial apartheid was to South Africa. Don't legitimize it.

FIFA's decision to ban Iranian women footballers from a game against Jordan last Sunday because they wore headscarves and not the approved cap had soccer lovers in a fit of...

The establishment of a UN special rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran today marks the UN Human Rights Council's most significant achievement to date and represents the crown jewel of the Obama administration's performance on the body since it became a member. The landmark resolution establishes the first new...

Frustration is growing among the Iranian people over the Obama administration's silence on human rights abuses in Iran. Condemnations of Tehran's abhorrent treatment of its people have been few and far between. But before nuclear diplomacy moves towards a premature ending, the Obama administration must act quickly to reinvigorate its...