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Iran, New Zealand diplomats discuss human rights

New Zealand criticized Iran's human rights record in March but also acknowledged progress made in the Islamic Republic regarding the situation for women.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
May 27, 2021
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
A woman walks past some of the thousands of photos of people killed in Iran during the 1988 massacre of political prisoners as well as during more recent anti-regime uprisings, during a photo exhibit by the Organization of the Iranian American Communities to highlight human rights violations by the country, near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Sept. 4, 2020. — SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

Diplomats from Iran and New Zealand discussed human rights in a meeting yesterday.

Political adviser Mohammad Reza Mofatteh from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs participated in the Wednesday meeting with diplomats from New Zealand’s embassy in Tehran and other Iranian and New Zealander officials, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency in Iran reported.

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