[caption id="attachment_116464" align="alignright" width="259"] This photo shows the wreckage of an Israeli spy drone recently downed by Iran in the central province of Isfahan.[/caption] Azeri Defense Minister Lieutenant General Zakir Hasanov has said Baku will not allow its territory to be used for any action against the Islamic Republic. In a ...

Berlin, Jan 4, IRNA -- A German scholar called on the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution based on a proposal by Iran?s President Hassan Rouhani for a World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE). Talking to IRNA, Bielefeld University professor Wolf Dieter Ahmet Aries said such a legally binding resolutionpassed in the Security Council could ...

Tehran, Jan 4, IRNA Head of Presidential Office Mohammad Nahavandiansaid Saturday that the call of opposing extremism must be heard by the entire world from the Islamic Iran. Addressing a local gathering here, he said that President Hassan Rouhani?s initiative for a global fight against extremism and violence has been spread in the whole world ...

Beirut, Jan 4, IRNA - Deputy Secretary General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem here on Saturday described the United Nations adopted resolution based on Iranian President Hassan Rouhanis proposal for a World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) as a global charter for combating terrorism, violence and extremism. Talking to IRNA, Sheikh Qassem stressed ...

Islamabad, Dec 28, IRNA A prominent Pakistani religious scholar on Saturday said that adoption of World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) act based on Iranian proposals by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is the failure of western conspiracies against the Islamic Republic. Talking to IRNA, patron in chief of Imam Khomeini Trust (IKT) ...

New York, Dec 28, IRNA US retired ambassador Thomas Pickeringhas said the Iranian President?s anti-violence proposal has opened a new door to the world in fight against violence and extremism. Speaking to IRNA exclusively, Pickering, who among his many diplomatic appointments served as US ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992, said ...

An Iranian lawmaker says the adoption of a UN resolution based on the Iranian presidents proposal of World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) offers a promising outlook for resolving global and regional woes. The ratification of the anti-violence and anti-extremism resolution heralds a better prospect for settling regional and international issues,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, whose proposal under the name of World against Violent Extremism (WAVE) Act was recently approved at the UN General Assembly, underlined that Iran is a leading country in fighting extremism and violence. Now that our great nation has raised the flag of fighting violence and extremism by the UN General ...

Islamabad, Dec 23, IRNA Pakistani religious leader has said Iranian proposal of World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) shows that Islamic Republic is a peaceful country. Talking to IRNA, Allama Amin Shaheedi Deputy Secretary General, Majlis Wehdat Muslemeen (MWM), said that Iran is an important country and wants to play an active role in bringing ...

New Delhi, Dec 23, IRNA -- An Indian political analyst termed on Monday the endorsement of an Iranian sponsored resolution at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to fight against the violent extremism as a major step to ensure peace and stability all over the world. In an exclusive interview with IRNA, the content editor of the Sahara Media Group Miss ...

Islamabad, Dec 23, IRNA Former Pakistani ambassador has said that approval of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) based on President Hassan Rohanis World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) proposal would bring peace and stability in the world. Talking to IRNA former envoy to the UAE, Air Marshal (Retd) Syed Qaiser Hussain ...

Islamabad, Dec 23, IRNA A Pakistani analyst has welcomed the approval of a resolution by Iran against violence and extremism and said that world countries can use the experience of the country in fighting extremism. Talking to IRNA, Syed Qandil Abbas, assistant Professor of International Relations at Quaid-e-Azam University said that Iranian President ...

Tehran, Dec 23, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the adoption of a UN resolution based on his World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) proposal testifies true image of Islam and Shiism. Addressing his cabinet, President Rouhani said the UN gesture provides a valuable opportunity to present true image of Islam and Shiism to the ...

Tehran, Dec 22, IRNA Initiator of recent anti-violence UN General Assembly resolution, President Hassan Rouhani, said that Irans key role in being the standard bearer of the anti-terrorism, anti-extremism international wave is faced with a silence plot. President Rohani had in his address at the UN annual General Assembly highlighted the dire need ...

Iran has offered to host an international conference on a recently adopted UN resolution based on Iranian President Hassan Rouhanis World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) proposal. As the flag-bearer and architect of the resolution on fighting extremism in the world, which has been approved with a global consensus at the United Nations General ...

Tehran, Dec 19, IRNA - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham on Thursday strongly condemned instrumental use of human rights against independent countries. She made the remarks in reaction to ratification of an anti-Iran human rights resolution at the 68th United Nations General Assembly. Human Rights is the root cause of development and ...

The United Nations has overwhelmingly voted to adopt a resolution based on Iranian President Hassan Rouhanis proposals for a World Against Violence and Extremism(WAVE). The UN General Assembly voted by consensus on Wednesday to approve the WAVE Act, which calls on all nations across the globe to denounce violence and extremism. Under the resolution,...

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New York, Dec 14, IRNA Proposals of Iran?s President Hassan Rouhani on fight against extremism and violence were put on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly to be ratified as a UN resolution, it was reported on Friday. According to Irans Permanent Representative to the UN Mohammad Khazaei, the proposals were originally raised by President ...

New York, Nov 27, IRNA The United Nations Disarmament Commission appointed Irans Deputy Ambassador to the UN Gholamhossein Dehqani as deputy head of the commission. After Irans successful presidency over the disarmament commission in Geneva in summer of this year and also appointment of Iranian delegation as rapporteur of disarmament and international ...