Iran, UNICEF sign joint coop. program
MNA – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Iranian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs signed a joint cooperation program…
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Zarif holds US accountable for consequences of anti-IRGC adventurism
Tasnim – In a letter to the UN chief, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cautioned that the US and a number…
Takht-Ravanchi appointed as Iran’s representative to UN
MNA – Iran’s deputy director of the presidential chief of staff, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, has been appointed as the Islamic Republic’s permanent representative…
UN establishes payment channel to aid flood-hit areas in Iran
MNA – The United Nations (UN) has created a specific banking payment channel for Iran to receive cash aids for its flood-stricken…
UN, Iranian officials discuss concrete rescue measures to flood victims
MNA – Members of the United Nations office in Tehran met with senior Iranian government officials, coordinating further rescue measures to the…
UN offers condolences over flood in Iran
IRNA – The United Nations office in Tehran in a message expressed condolences over the deadly floods in various Iranian provinces. ‘We…
Nowruz regards celebrating friendship, reconciliation, harmony: UN Chief
IRNA – Nowruz is celebrated in a spirit of friendship, reconciliation and harmony, said the UN Secretary-General on Thursday in a message…
Israel’s killing of Gazans may amount to war crimes: UN
Press TV – A UN fact-finding mission says Israeli forces committed rights violations during their crackdown against Palestinian protesters in the Gaza…
UN Chief slams New Zealand terror attacks
IRNA – The United Nations Secretary General in a message condemned the recent terrorist attacks on Muslims in New Zealand which claimed…
Twenty-two civilians killed, including children, in north Yemen: U.N.
Reuters – Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, this week in a village…
170 years needed to close economic gender gap: UN Chief
IRNA – With the continuation of current trends, it will take 170 years to close the economic gender gap, said United Nations…
Western arms exporters complicit in Saudi, Israeli crimes: Iran
Press TV – Iran has blasted Saudi Arabia and Israel for killing innocent people in Yemen and Palestine, saying the Western countries…
Over 80,000 kids under the age of five have died of starvation in Yemen, UN chief says
Press TV – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says tens of thousands of children under the age of five have died of…
Warring sides in Yemen agree on ‘Phase 1’ of redeploying forces in Hudaydah: UN
Press TV – The Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed militants loyal to the ex-Yemeni government have reached an agreement on “Phase 1” of their…
UN envoys congratulate Islamic Republic 40th anniversary
IRNA – Ambassadors to the United Nations have been received by the Iranian envoy to the global body in New York to…
Venezuelan envoy to UN says US preparing for ‘military invasion’ of Venezuela
Press TV – Venezuela’s envoy to the United Nations says the United States is preparing for a “military invasion” of his country,…
UN investigator in Khashoggi case demands access to Saudi consulate in Istanbul, not allowed yet
Press TV – A United Nations expert who has been assigned to investigate the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi Arabian dissident Jamal Khashoggi says…
Iran slams UNSC for addressing unrelated issues
IRNA – Iran’s Chargé d’affaires to the United Nations in a statement criticized the United Nations Security Council for addressing issues which…
Russia at UN calls US-Polish conference on Iran ‘counterproductive’
Times Now – Russia on Tuesday slammed a planned US-Polish conference on peace and security in the Middle East as “counterproductive” because…
UN rights office urges Bahrain to release Nabeel Rajab
Press TV – The United Nations human rights office has condemned the latest verdict on Nabeel Rajab as “continued suppression of government…
UN human rights office says Saudi Khashoggi murder trial ‘not sufficient’
Press TV – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says it cannot assess the fairness of…
New non-permanent UNSC members assume their seat
MNA – Five new non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council assumed their seat in the international body on January 1,…
UN special rapporteur: Trump worst perpetrator of fake news
Press TV – US President Donald Trump is the “worst perpetrator” of fake news himself, according to the UN special rapporteur on…
Saudi-drafted rights resolution politically-motivated: Syria UN envoy
Press TV – Syria has dismissed as politically-motivated a United Nations draft resolution presented by Saudi Arabia that accuses Damascus of human…
UN Syria envoy set to host top diplomats from Iran, Russia, Turkey this week
Press TV – United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura is set to host top diplomats from Iran, Russia and…
UN chief calls for ‘credible’ investigation into Khashoggi’s murder
Press TV – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a “credible” investigation into the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi,…
Iran, Russia, Turkey to meet UN envoy on Syria next week: UN statement
Press TV – The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will hold talks with senior officials from Iran, Russia…
UN: 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to homeland next year
Press TV – The United Nations’ refugee agency says up to 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to Syria as most of once…
UN proposes Yemen’s warring parties pull out of key port: sources
Reuters – The United Nations proposed at initial talks between Yemen’s warring parties on Tuesday that they withdraw from the contested port…
Foreign minister says Turkey in talks with UN about Khashoggi murder investigation
Press TV – Turkey says it is in talks with the United Nations regarding an investigation into the gruesome murder of dissident…
UN chief urges regional, int’l players to help preserve JCPOA
IRNA – Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres once again described JCPOA as achievement of multilateral diplomacy, urging regional and…
Iran envoy confers with IAEA officials
IRNA – Iran’s ambassador to the UN on Tuesday conferred on issues of mutual interest with IAEA officials. Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent…
Sorry tale: Yemen war is about murdering civilians, criminalizing democracy
FNA – A new report by the UN refugee agency says on average some 123 civilians get killed in Yemen per week.…
UN warns of rise in Israeli violence, vandalism in West Bank
Press TV – The United Nations says violence and vandalism committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property have been on…
Iran fully backs UN mission for peace in Yemen: Spokesman
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the country has announced its “full support” for the United Nations’ efforts for…
Iranian envoy elected as first deputy of UN Commission on Drug Policy
IRNA – Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the international organizations in Vienna was elected as first deputy of the…
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 concerned over falling imports at Yemen’s lifeline port
Press TV – The United Nations has warned that operations at the strategic Yemeni port of Hudaydah have plunged by nearly 50…
Iranian teachers call on UN to stop crimes in Yemen
FNA – Teachers from different districts of Tehran congregated in front of the United Nations (UN) office in Tehran to protest against…
Iranophobia, longstanding addiction of US amb. to UN
MNA – The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN has lashed out at anti-Iran accusations made by…