UN has strong suspicion genocide has happened in Myanmar
Press TV- The United Nations (UN)’s human rights chief has expressed strong suspicion that “acts of genocide” may have been carried out…
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Iranian diplomat, UN envoy discuss Syria peace in Geneva
IFP – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to Iran’s foreign minister in political affairs, has held talks with the UN envoy…
UN: Myanmar continuing ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya
Press TV- A United Nations (UN) official says the “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya Muslim community is continuing in Myanmar, despite denials…
UN HRC’s session on Ghouta aims at covering up terrorists’ crimes
MNA – Syria’s Permanent Representative at the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Hussam Eddin Ala, affirmed that the real purpose of holding the…
Terrorists use civilians as human shield in Eastern Ghouta: Iran
IRNA – Iran has criticized western media for launching propaganda campaign against the Syrian army’s counter-terrorism operations, saying snipers stationed near designated…
Iran justice minister expects fewer executions under revised drug law
Reuters – Iran’s justice minister said on Tuesday a recent reform of its drug laws should lead to fewer executions after the…
UN to vote Monday on resolution that would condemn Iran
AP — The Security Council is expected to vote Monday on a British-drafted U.N. resolution that would condemn Iran for violating a…
Russia opposes Western bid to ‘condemn’ Iran at UN over Yemen
Press TV- Russia has voiced opposition to a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution, drafted by Western powers, on renewing anti-Yemen sanctions, which…
Over 76,400 Afghan refugees return to homeland since beginning of 2018: UN agency
Tasnim – Over 76,400 Afghan refugees have returned or been deported from neighboring Pakistan and Iran since the beginning this year, the…
UN voices worries of declining humanitarian situation in Gaza
Press TV – The UN’s Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov has slammed the expansion of Israeli settlements on Palestinian territories “Throughout the…
Western officials complicit in terrorist crimes against civilians: Syria
Press TV – In a letter of complaint to the United Nations, Syria has drawn attention to a sharp rise in deadly…
Some states endangering UN legitimacy with their moves
MNA – Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo, during an address on Tuesday, condemned the unilateral measures of some states…
Iran urges UN to appoint special human rights rapporteur for US after school shooting
FNA – Iran asked the United Nation’s Human Rights Council to appoint a special rapporteur to investigate the human rights situation in…
Iran FM, ex-UN official meet in Munich
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Jan Eliasson in Munich. The…
UN secretary-general offers condolences over passenger plane crash in Iran
Sputnik – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed condolences over the crash of a passenger plane in Iran’s central Isfahan province, the…
Kuwait keen to expand good ties with Iran: Kuwaiti UN envoy
IRNA – Kuwait’s permanent representative to the United Nations said here on Friday that Kuwait City and Tehran enjoy good historical ties…
Iran offers to help UN peacekeepers
MNA – Iran’s UN envoy Khoshroo says that Iran is ready to increase its contribution to UN peace-keeping missions by providing support…
US still funding countries that voted against Israel at UN despite pledge: Israeli media
PressTV – Israeli media say the United States has not cut its financial assistance to the countries that voted against Israel at…
UN envoy: Oman to host next Yemen talks
Press TV – The United Nations (UN)’s outgoing envoy for Yemen says his potential successor is to moderate talks between Yemeni sides…
85,000 displaced in 10 weeks as violence rages in Yemen: UN
Press TV – The United Nations has expressed deep concern over surging violence across Yemen, warning that the worsening situation has pushed…
‘Two-state’ solution only way to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict: UN
Press TV – United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has emphasized that the so-called two-state solution is the sole way out of…
Syria complains to UN about Turkish assault and occupation – What next?
Iranian Diplomacy- Damascus has complained to the United Nations about Turkey’s military campaign in northern Syria, denouncing the operation as “an assault…
UN thanks Russia, defends participation in Sochi talks
Press TV – United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has rejected criticism of the world body’s participation at Syrian peace talks…
Ex-consultant to Iran’s U.N. mission gets three months prison
Reuters – A former consultant to Iran’s mission to the United Nations was sentenced to three months in prison on Friday for…
Economic sanctions violate human rights, bar stable development
MNA – Iranian envoy to the United Nations HQ in New York addressed a UN commission on Thu. condemning economic sanctions as…
Official: UN willing to co-op with Iran on dust storms
IRNA – A regional institution of the United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is ready to cooperate…
Iran’s Jaberi Ansari, UN’s De Mistura discuss Syria peace
IFP – Senior Advisor to Iran’s Foreign Minister in Political Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari and the UN’s Special Envoy for Syria Staffan…
100,00 Rohingya refugees in grave danger from monsoon rains, UN warns
Press TV- The United Nations has warned that more than 100,000 Rohingya Muslims in Bangladeshi refugee camps will be in grave danger…
US trying to turn UN against Iran: Analyst
Press TV – The United States seeks to turn the United Nations against Iran by convincing the international body that Tehran had…
U.S. seeks to boost case against Iran with U.N. Washington visit
Reuters – The United States will seek to boost its case for United Nations action against Iran when Security Council envoys visit…
Trump’s remarks would take back world back to WWI: UN’s rights chief
Press TV – The United Nations human rights chief has warned that US President Donald Trump’s speech in Switzerland would take the…
UN demands unhindered access to Rohingya camps newly built in Myanmar
Press TV- The United Nations (UN) has called on Myanmar to grant aid agencies unhindered access to camps that have been built…
Afrin shellings result in civilian casualties, displacement of 6,000 people – UN
Sputnik– A new wave of violence has swept over the north of Syria, as Ankara’s operation launched in Afrin against Kurdish forces…
UN envoy for Yemen to step down after failure to broker peace
Press TV – The UN says its envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will step down by the end of his…
Iranian Kurdish MPs protest Turkish invasion of Syria
IFP – In a letter addressed to the UN Secretary General, the Kurdish lawmakers of the Iranian Parliament have lashed out at…
Interior min. calls on UN to increase its cooperation on Afghan repatriation
MNA – Calling UN’s assistance for refugees in Iran as negligible, Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that UN should increase…
UN aid agency calls for nearly $3 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen
Press TV – The United Nations is calling for what it refers to as a record $2.96 billion aid for war-ravaged Yemen where Saudi airstrikes,…
Iran eager to see peaceful, prosperous Afghanistan: Envoy
IRNA –The Islamic Republic of Iran is after seeing peace in Afghanistan, Iran’s ambassador and deputy permanent representative to the UN said.…
EU committed to support implementation of JCPOA: Swedish Envoy to UN
IRNA – The European Union remains committed to supporting full implementation of the nuclear deal reached between Iran and the G5+1 (US,…
French envoy underlines role of JCPOA in world peace
IRNA – French Ambassador to the UN Francois Delattre underlined the important role of Iran nuclear deal in the regional and international…