Iran’s envoy highlights UN role in promoting peace in Middle East
Tasnim – Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Ali Khoshroo urged the UN as well as the international community to endeavor…
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UN probe into Saudi crimes in Yemen not promising
Alwaght– The Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has agreed on Friday to establish a panel of experts in…
ME wars impede achieving sustainable development
MNA – Iran’s Ambassador to United Nations said Mon. that ongoing wars in the Middle East are a hindrance to sustainable development,…
Iran envoy to UN: Terrorists should be chased, extradited
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo condemned any form of terrorism as well as all…
US prepared to take ‘devastating’ military action against North Korea: Trump
Press TV – US President Donald Trump says Washington is “totally prepared” to take a “devastating” military action against Pyongyang as rhetoric heats up…
Dozens of cases approve Myanmarese forces rape Rohingya women: UN Medics
Alwaght– United Nations doctors’ have confirmed numerous reports of sexual assaults committed by Myanmarese military against Rohingya women. According to Reuters, doctors…
FM meets counterparts in UN
IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif met Canadian, Australian and Chinese counterparts on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly…
Palestinian president calls on UN to halt Israeli settlement activities
Press TV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on the UN to end Israel’s “apartheid” regime in the occupied Palestinian territories. “We are entrusted…
#ShutupTrump trends on Iranian Twitter after Trump’s UN speech
Haaretz – Iranians took Twitter by storm in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, using the…
UN ministerial meeting on Syria to be held on September 21
TASS– According to the Russian permanent representative to the UN, the meeting has been initiated by the European Union and has nothing…
Almost 2 million people internally displaced in Yemen: UN
Press TV- The United Nations (UN)’s refugee agency says nearly two million people have been internally displaced due to the conflict in…
UN special envoy for Iraq meets with FM Zarif
IFP – The United Nations special envoy for Iraq, Yan Kubish, has held a meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif…
UN Envoy: Iran committed to protecting ozone layer
IRNA – UN Representative residing in Iran Gary Lewis said on Sunday that since 1990 Iran has been committed to all its…
UN chief urges Kurdistan to scrap secession vote plan
Press TV- The UN chief has urged Iraq’s Kurdish leaders to scrap an upcoming secession vote, saying it would undermine the ongoing battle…
Russia ‘to urge US to stay in Iran nuclear deal’
Press TV – Russia plans to convey a message to the United States asking Washington to stay in a 2015 multilateral deal with…
OIC urges Myanmar to allow in UN investigators
Press TV – The world’s largest Muslim organization has called on Myanmar to allow United Nations investigators into a violence-stricken state in…
UN human rights chief calls for probe into Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen
Press TV – The UN’s human rights chief has called for urgent investigation into Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes against civilians in Yemen. Zeid…
Zarif urges immediate end to plight of Rohnigya Muslims in Myanmar
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a letter to the UN chief on Friday expressed regret over the alarming…
Iran lashes out expansion of extremism, terrorism in ME
IRNA – Iran’s top envoy to the United Nations on Thursday criticized strengthening of extremism and terrorism in the Middle East region…
Parliament speaker urges UN fact-finding committee on Myanmar
IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani in a statement on Wednesday condemned massacre of Muslims in Myanmar, calling for a probe into…
Syrian opposition must accept defeat against Assad: UN envoy
Press TV – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has called on the Syrian opposition to accept that they have…
Iran dismisses UN human rights report as politically-motivated
Tasnim – Tehran does not recognize a new report the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran is going…
Israel influence in China
Alwaght – In recent years, Israeli regime has seen its worst conditions as the United Nations organs and some countries recognized an…
57 rights organizations urge UN inquiry into abuses in Yemen
Press TV- Dozens of rights groups from around the world have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an independent…
Judiciary Chief refutes UN report on human rights situation in Iran
RNA – Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeqh Amoli Larijani said on Monday that the special report issued by the UN special rapporteur on…
Coop. between Russia, Iran, Libya complies with UN resolutions
MNA – The director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation says that cooperation with Iran and Libya is not at…
Iran president’s UN trip still uncertain: FM
Tasnim – It is still not clear whether Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will travel to the US for the United Nations General…
UN says Saudi airstrikes killed 42 civilians in 1 week
Press TV – Airstrikes by a coalition under the leadership of the regime in Riyadh against civilian targets across Yemen have killed…
Photos: 6th Educational Workshop of UNSC Simulation held in Tehran
ISNA | Hamid Almashi: The Sixth Educational Workshop of United Nations Security Council Simulation with a focus on North Korea has been…
Zarif: UN resolution neither everything nor piece of paper
IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that UN resolutions are neither everything nor piece of paper. Addressing the…
U.S. asks if Iran military sites to be checked under nuclear deal
Reuters – The United States wants to know if the United Nations atomic watchdog plans to inspect Iranian military sites to verify…
U.N. ambassador says Trump has not decided his next move on Iran nuclear deal
Washington Post – The Trump administration is not looking for a pretext to junk the international nuclear deal with Iran, U.N. Ambassador…
UN: No stance yet on civilian deaths in Syria
IRNA – The UN Secretary-General has not taken stance on Syria’s protest to the civilians killed in US-led coalition raids, a spokesman…
UN concerned over ‘extreme risks’ families face in Tal Afar ops
Press TV – The United Nations has called on all parties involved in operations to free the Iraqi city of Tal Afar…
UN completes first round of polio vaccination in eastern Syria
Press TV – The United Nations has completed the first round of a vaccination campaign following a polio outbreak in Syria’s Dayr…
US provocations aimed at demonizing Iran: UN ambassador
Press TV – Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo has condemned Washington’s latest accusations against Tehran regarding its nuclear deal as…
UN Syria envoy hopes for ‘serious’ negotiation between Damascus govt., opposition
Press TV- The United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has hoped for a “serious negotiation” between the Damascus government…
Saudi-led coalition killed over 500 Yemeni kids in 2016: UN draft report
Press TV- A new draft report by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the Saudi-led coalition committed “grave violations” of…
Haley repeats Washington’s anti-Iran claims
Press TV – US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has reiterated previous accusations leveled against Iran over its nuclear program…
Israeli forces demolish UN-funded Bedouin homes in West Bank village
Press TV – Israeli troops have destroyed several Palestinian homes funded by the United Nations in a Bedouin village located in the southern…