Iran criticized for human rights abuses in State Department report

The State Department said Thursday that Iran practices “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment” of its citizens, part of a a harsh critique of the country’s human rights abuses that was released on the eve of a final round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.

The annual human rights report was issued four months beyond the legal requirement for its publication, a deadline that is often breached but never before by so long

The State Department has said the delay was the result of Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s heavy travel schedule. - Read More at Washingtonpost
annual human rights report 

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2014