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…
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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…
Iran calls on IAEA member states to strengthen measures against corruption
MNA – Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Kazem Gharibabadi called on IAEA countries to determine mechanisms and approaches to…
Ansari, UN assistant sec-gen discuss Yemen
IRNA – Senior assistant to Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Jaberi-Ansari and visiting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Partnerships Rashid Khalikov discussed catastrophic humanitarian…
In first, US endorses Israeli occupation of Golan, votes against 9 anti-Israel resolutions
Press TV – The US has, for the first time, endorsed the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights by voting against an…
Instrumental use of human rights, intl. mechanisms denounced
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi strongly condemned the instrumental use of human rights and international mechanisms by some Western…
Iran criticizes US for using food as weapon
IRNA – Iran’s UN envoy warned about the consequences of US sanctions on Iranian ordinary people and criticized the use of food…
10 legal organizations urge UN probe into Khashoggi’s case
IRNA – Some 10 legal Arab and Turkish institutes in a statement on Saturday called for handing over 18 people accused of…
World condemnation of US sanctions, pragmatic support to multilateralism
MNA – Iran’s UN ambassador Khoshroo called on world community to strongly condemn and reject the US sanctions, saying the action is…
Iran calls for a global response to US unilateral sanctions
MNA – In a letter to António Guterres, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has condemned the re-instated illegal US sanctions on…
Iran UN envoy lashes out at US unilateral sanctions on Cuba
IRNA – Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo on Wednesday slammed US unilateral sanctions…
UN call for peace talks raises hopes for ending Yemen crisis
MNA – Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinjead said the call by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen for immediate peace talks…
Shabbir Hassanally: UN a mercenary outfit for United States
Iranian Diplomacy – Political analyst Shabbir Hassanally says the UN has become “a means to legitimize the corruption and excesses of the…
US, EU sanctions cause suffering for Syrians: Damascus envoy to UN
Press TV – Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari has strongly denounced sanctions imposed on his country by the United States and the European…
UN identifies five countries as victims of terrorism in 2017
IRNA – Head of the UN Information Center in Tehran Maria Dotsenko said on Sunday that in the year 2017 about 3/4th…
Iran raps UN expert’s report for relying on BBC news
MNA – Iran’s delegate at the UN Third Committee criticized the UN expert on freedom of opinion and expression for having trusted…
Syria writes to UN about US ‘war crime’ after airstrike in Dayr al-Zawr
Press TV – Syria has written to the United Nations, urging a transparent and impartial probe into the recent massacre of scores…
Iran urges intl. community to resist against violation of Palestinian rights
MNA – Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo said that the world must not let US bullying and…
US must withdraw from Syria, stop supporting terrorism: Iran’s deputy UN envoy
Press TV – Iran’s deputy ambassador to the UN says the United States should stop supporting terrorism in Syria and end its…
Iran: UN HR mechanisms politicized, double standard
IRNA – Iran’s representative to the Third Committee of the United Nations says the UN human rights mechanisms are politicized and based…
Weekly report: World must confront US threats to global order, Iran tells UN
October 14, The Iran Project – New ambassador of South Africa meets Zarif; IRGC military drill around Shaho Mountain; Larijani departs for Antalya…