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No evidence of nuclear component in Iran’s missile launches
MNA – Resolution 2231 of the United Nations Security Council does not ban Iran from conducting missile launches, and there is no…
FM Zarif reveals US new mockery of UNSC
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif in a message disclosed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s new mockery of the UN…
Saudis plotting for sabotage activities in Iran
MNA – In a letter to the UN Security Council, Iran’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Es’hagh Al Habib said…
UN panel repeats claims of missile transfer to Yemen by Iran
Tasnim – A United Nations panel of experts claimed that Yemeni forces are still being armed with ballistic missiles and drones that…
UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on Israeli violence against Palestinians
Press TV- The United Nations Security Council has held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation along the border between the besieged…
Palestinian diplomats push for UN resolution rejecting Trump’s al-Quds move
Press TV – Palestinian officials are reportedly pushing for a UN Security Council resolution that rejects US President Donald Trump’s decision to…
North Korea warns U.S. of ‘greatest pain’, rejects sanctions
Reuters – North Korea on Tuesday rejected a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing tougher sanctions and said the United States would soon…
Security Council to vote on US-drafted resolution on North Korea
Press TV- The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a revised US-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North…
Security council press statement on terrorist attacks in Tehran
June 8, The Iran Project – The following is the UN security Council’s statement on twin attacks in Tehran: The members of the…
Tehran intends to deepen defense industry cooperation with Moscow
Sputnik News– Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai stated that Iran is interested in continuing its partnership with Russia and in developing…
UN confirms Iran’s compliance with nuclear deal
Press TV- The UN Security Council has confirmed that Iran has complied with the provisions of the historic nuclear deal with the…
Syria says Security Council politicizing humanitarian situation
The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations says the sole goal of some Security Council members to raise the issue of humanitarian situation…
UK, US, France block Russia’s bid to blacklist Syria militant groups
Britain, France, the United States and Ukraine have reportedly blocked Russia’s request to add two Syrian militant groups to a UN terror blacklist…
UN Security Council denounces attacks on hospitals in war zones
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning attacks on medical facilities and humanitarian personnel in Syria. The resolution was…
UN Security Council removes sanctions on Iran’s Bank Sepah
The UN Security Council has crossed off Iran’s Bank Sepah and its international subsidiary from its sanction list following the implementation of…
UN Security Council condemns N. Korea nuclear test, starts work on ‘further measures’
The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned North Korea’s most recent nuclear test, calling it a clear violation of UNSC resolutions. The…
Saudi foreign ministry informs UNSC of embassy attacks in Iran
Saudi Arabia has briefed the UN Security Council and a range of regional organizations of overnight attacks on its diplomatic missions by…
UN resolution against Daesh funding belated: Leader’s aide
A UN Security Council resolution aimed at clogging up Daesh Takfiri group’s revenue stream has been adopted “belatedly,” a top adviser to…
UN adopts resolution to disrupt ISIS group funding
Finance ministers from the UN Security Council’s 15 members adopted a resolution Thursday aimed at disrupting the Islamic State group’s lucrative trade…
Iraq asks UN Security Council to urge Turkey to leave its soil
United Nations, Dec 12, IRNA – Iraq’s representative to the United Nations insistently asked the UN Security Council (UNSC) to urge Turkey…
Barak’s tales of Israel’s near war with Iran conceal the real story
A good cop/bad cop routine by the US and Israel was in fact a strategy to get crippling sanctions against Iran approved…
Iranian warships foil pirate attacks on foreign vessels
Tehran, Aug 22, IRNA – Iran’s naval forces saved two foreign cargo vessels from pirates attacks in two separate operations in the…
Iran welcomes U.N. peace plan for Syria
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON: Iran Thursday welcomed a U.N. peace plan aimed at ending the four-year war in its ally Syria, saying President Bashar Assad’s…
Gov’t, private sector collaborate to attract foreign investors
As Iran eyes an investment boom following July’s nuclear agreement which is expected to remove the economic sanctions imposed by the US,…
President: World now believes Iran is against violence
Tehran, Aug 20, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said by raising its WAVE proposal at the UN gathering in 2013, Tehran proved…
UN Security Council’s Iran committee to be dissolved amid nuclear deal
According to a high-ranking source in the Russian Foreign Ministry, UN Security Council committee which oversees the implementation of UN’s sanctions against…
Transfer of S-300 missile to Tehran not prohibited under UNSC resolutions: US
Tehran, Aug 18, IRNA – The US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said the transfer of S-300 missile defense systems to Tehran…
Full text of the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 on Iran nuclear agreement
Resolution 2231 (2015) Adopted by the Security Council at its 7488th meeting, on 20 July 2015 The Security Council, Recalling the Statement of its…
S-300 not subject to Security Council resolution
Tehran, July 22, IRNA – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said here on Wednesday that the S-300 air defense system is…
UN security council to vote Monday morning on Iran deal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote for first thing Monday morning on a resolution endorsing the Iran…
Mousavian: Iran deal a milestone achievement in the cause of nonproliferation
Tehran, July 15, IRNA – Iran’s former top nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian says the historic agreement reached between Iran and P5+1 on…
UN Security Council to endorse Iran nuclear conclusion soon: France
France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says the UN Security Council will pass a resolution within days endorsing the outcome of nuclear talks…
Iran’s equities soar amid optimism for nuclear deal
Iran’s main share index has soared amid rising hopes that Tehran and the five permanent members of UN Security Council plus Germany,…
Zarif: Talks not to be extended after Monday
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif reiterated that nuclear talks between Iran and G5+1 would not be extended after Monday. “The…
N-talks moving forward: Larijani
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday that the nuclear talks between Iran and the 5+1…
Israeli drone crashes in Lebanon
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Israeli reconnaissance drone has gone down in northern Lebanon after it entered the country’s airspace and flew over…
US excessive demands may risk reaching N-deal
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Head of Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the US may risk reaching a deal…
Moscow hopes for progress at Iranian talks – Russian presidential aide
Moscow hopes that the talks between Tehran and the P5+1 group of international negotiators in Vienna will see success and, as it…
U.N. likely to wait for U.S. Congress before moving on Iran deal: envoys
If Iran and world powers reach a nuclear deal, the United Nations Security Council will likely delay for at least a month…