High Council for Human Rights of the
Islamic Republic of Iran

Logo of the Council featuringQur'an verse and cuneiform script fromCyrus Cylinder
Agency overview
Formed	2005
Headquarters	Tehran
Motto	Arabic:وَلَقَدْ کَرَّمْنَا بَنِی آدَمَ "And indeed We have honoured the Children of Adam"[Quran17:70]
Agency executives	Chief Justice,Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i Secretary,Nasser Seraj[1]
Parent agency	Judicial Power of Iran
Website	humanrights.ir/en

High Council for Human Rights (Persian:ستاد حقوق بشر,Sitad-e Heqâvâq-e Beshir) is thegovernmentalnational human rights institution ofIran, subdivision to theJudiciary of Iran.^[1]

The council rejects and condemns appointment ofSpecial Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran by United Nations^[2] and strongly opposes the western countries' positions aboutcurrent human rights situation in Iran. It also assumes the "true face" of human rights should be sought throughIslam.^[3]

The council has challengedlaws against Holocaust denial, spread ofIslamophobia,forced unveiling in schools, specifically in France as being against human rights.^[1]

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