US Human Rights Violations Intensify Under Trump’s Return, Report Reveals
According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, Babak Negahdari, head of the Parliament’s Research Center, stated that recent U.S. actions during the Ramadan war have exposed the true nature of American foreign policy, demonstrating the nation’s role as a significant violator of human rights globally. He pointed to attacks on schools, the use of cluster munitions, bombing of medical facilities and residential areas, and targeting civilians as actions contrary to international humanitarian law and human rights principles.
Negahdari elaborated that the Parliament’s Research Center has consistently worked to present a documented, realistic, and evidence-based picture of human rights in the U.S. and the impact of its policies internationally, utilizing credible international documents, official human rights reports, and even U.S.-based sources. This initiative began in the latter half of the 2010s following a recommendation from the then-Speaker of Parliament, Shahid Ali Larijani, and has continued with annual reports on U.S. human rights violations.
He emphasized that these reports are not politically motivated but are based on solid evidence, official records, American sources, research studies, and international human rights organizations’ findings. The primary goal is to illustrate the gap between the U.S.’s human rights claims and its actual conduct. The reports comprehensively examine human rights within the U.S. and the humanitarian consequences of its foreign policies and international interventions. Key areas include racial discrimination, violations of the rights of minorities, migrants, women, and children, the failings of the judicial system, police brutality, and the anti-human rights effects of interventionist policies.
The head of the Parliament’s Research Center further asserted that U.S. human rights violations are not confined to its foreign policy but are extensive and structural within its borders. Racial discrimination remains a major challenge, with ethnic, racial, and religious minorities facing ongoing discrimination in employment, education, public services, economic opportunities, and social rights. A significant portion of American citizens are deprived of equal enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms due to widening economic and social disparities and policies that deepen class divisions.
Regarding the U.S. criminal justice system, Negahdari noted that discrimination in judicial and law enforcement processes is a serious issue, with racial minorities disproportionately subjected to violence, harsh treatment, and violations of their civil rights. Reports of prisoner abuse, excessive force, and inhumane treatment indicate structural and discriminatory problems within the U.S. criminal justice system, despite claims of the rule of law.
Other significant areas of human rights violations highlighted in the reports include the status of women, children, and migrants. Persistent discrimination against women, challenges in accessing healthcare and support services, concerns over children’s rights, and restrictive policies toward refugees and migrants have drawn criticism from international human rights bodies and contradict U.S. international commitments.
On the international stage, Negahdari stated that U.S. foreign policy continues to be characterized by military interventionism, the use of hard power, and support for armed conflicts globally. This approach has frequently led to increased insecurity, exacerbated humanitarian crises, heightened displacement, and widespread violation of civilian rights. A considerable number of contemporary humanitarian crises are directly or indirectly linked to U.S. military interventions and foreign policies, which are in clear conflict with fundamental principles of international law and human rights.
Negahdari stressed that the intensification of human rights violations by the U.S. since Donald Trump’s return to prominence necessitates serious collaboration and determination from governments, international organizations, academic institutions, and civil society. He proposed increasing legal and political pressure on the U.S. through international mechanisms, strengthening research and media activities for public awareness, supporting documentation of human rights violations, and pursuing the precise implementation of laws to counter U.S. human rights violations and its provocative and terrorist actions in the region.
The Parliament’s Research Center will continue to clarify human rights realities through documented reports based on credible sources, aiming to facilitate demands for accountability from the United States by public opinion and international bodies. Negahdari concluded that genuine defense of human rights requires the abandonment of double standards and ensuring that all governments are accountable to international laws and standards without exception.
