The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has no evidence that Iran has an active nuclear weapons program, Director General Rafael Grossi has told journalists. The senior official was commenting on remarks by Israel’s UN envoy, Gilad Erdan, who claimed on Sunday that Tehran could obtain a nuclear weapon within weeks.

Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations protested the dual approach of the Western member states of the Security Council to weapons of mass destruction. Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks at an informal Security Council meeting on Friday on maintaining the authority of non-proliferation regimes. "Non-proliferation of weapons of mass ...

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations (UN) Majid Takht Ravanchi in a message urged the UN Secretary-General and the UN Security Council to condemn state-sponsored assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. "What was clearly a state-sponsored assassination of our prominent scientist was also a clear ...

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi said that the UN reform should be of benefit to all world nations. It should be based on law and "contribute to mutilateralism," the ambasador said at the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US, on Monday. UN faces legitimacy ...

MNA Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said that China and the European side have all along been in close communication regarding upholding the JCPOA. Parties including China, Russia, Iran, France, Germany, the UK, and the EU recently held this JCPOA Joint Commission meeting. The background of this meeting is that the US wants to ...

IRNA The Iranian Permanent Mission to the United Nations will protest to the UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over US military jets threatening Iranian passenger plane in the Syrian air. Mahan Air passenger plane was on route to Beirut, Lebanon on Thursday night when it was threatened by two US military jets. The ...

Press TV - Iran's ambassador to the United Nations says the UN Security Council is facing a legitimacy and credibility crisis that has to be addressed through reforms. Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks before a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York entitled Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership ...

Press TV - Iran has defended its move in capturing a British tanker in the Persian Gulf, saying that the vessel was impounded after it breached international law by attempting to flee the scene of a dangerous collision with an Iranian boat. In the letter on Wednesday, Iran told the United Nations Security Council that the British tanker "Stena Impero" ...

Press TV - The Islamic Republic of Iran has formally filed a complaint to the UN Security Council against the United States over the violation of its airspace with a reconnaissance drone shot down by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) earlier this month. The (Iranian) Foreign Ministry filed a complaint to the UN Security Council and the ...

Press TV - The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms a heinous and cowardly terrorist attack in southeastern Iran, which killed 27 IRGC personnel and wounded 13 others Wednesday. Council Members expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the government and families of the 27 victims on Thursday and wished ...

IRNA - Iran's Charg daffaires to the United Nations in a statement urged all illegal forces to quit Syria. All foreign forces whose presence is not permitted by the Syrian Government should leave the country, Eshagh Al Habib said in an address to the United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Syria Political on Friday. The full ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   UNSC EU members reaffirm commitment to JCPOA European members of the UN Security Council reaffirmed their commitment and support for the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers despite US pressures.   Iran lambasts US violation of UN resolution Irans deputy ambassador ...

Tasnim European members of the UN Security Council reaffirmed their commitment and support for the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers despite US pressures. "We, as the European Union members of the (Security) Council, would like to underline our commitment and continued support to the full and effective implementation of the JCPOA ...

Press TV - The United Nations Security Council is discussing the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. At the Wednesday meeting, the US was criticized for withdrawing from the historic deal reached between Iran and six major powers --- the US, the UK, France, Russia, China and Germany ...

AP The United States and Iran traded accusations Tuesday over Tehrans latest ballistic missile test, which the U.N. Security Council discussed behind closed doors without taking any action. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley called on the U.N.s most powerful body to unanimously condemn the provocative missile test on Dec. 1, calling it dangerous and concerning,...

RT - The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Tuesday at the request of France and Britain after they accused Iran of test-firing a medium-range missile at the weekend, according to diplomats. The US said the missile launch on Saturday was a violation of a UN resolution that endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, from which Washington ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said Iran's missile program has a defensive nature, and no UN Security Council resolution bans Iran from missile program or tests. In response tothe claims made by US Secretary of StateMike Pompeothat Iran's missile tests violate Security Council Resolution 2231, Ghasemi said "Iran's ...

Press TV - Irans mission to the United Nations has called on the UN Security Council to condemn the recent irresponsible and provocative remarks by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who openly threatened to starve Iranian people. The call was made in a Tuesday letter, signed by Iran'sdeputy ambassador to theUNEs'haq Al-eHabib, to the Security ...

AFP - Russia will brief the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday about the results of the Tehran summit it held with Iran and Turkey on the fate of Syria's Idlib province, diplomats said. Russia will brief the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday about the results of the Tehran summit it held with Iran and Turkey on the fate of Syrias ...

Reuters - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he remained open to the possibility of talks between Washington and Tehran, but said Iran was in turmoil and struggling to survive. Iran is in turmoil right now. Theyre in total turmoil, Trump told reporters before a meeting with Kuwaits emir, without offering any evidence. Now they are ...