António Guterres

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  • Guterres 2021-12-14 21:21

    UN chief calls on U.S. to lift sanctions on Iran based on JCPOA

    TEHRAN — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the United States to lift or waiver the sanctions on Iran in accordance to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and UN Secretary General António Guterres 2021-11-30 19:08

    Iran has entered Vienna talks in good faith, Iran FM tells UN chief 

    TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and UN Secretary General António Guterres have held talks over the phone about regional and international issues including the developments in Afghanistan and the nuclear talks in Vienna.

  • Amir Abdollahian 2021-10-19 22:08

    Busy day for FM Amir Abdollahian

    TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian had a very busy day on Monday. He spoke with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

  • Amir Abdollahian 2021-09-28 21:18

    An overview of Amir Abdollahian’s intensive talks in New York

    TEHRAN – New Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his diplomatic team spent five intensive working days in New York to elaborate on Iran's new foreign policy approaches.

  • Amir Abdollahian Guterres 2021-09-24 20:36

    Iran FM, UN chief consult on JCPOA

    TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have discussed issues of mutual interest, including the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the United Nations Information Center reported on Thursday.

  • Antonio Guterres 2021-09-10 18:47

    Guterres urges “dialogue” with Taliban 

    TEHRAN- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded with the international community to maintain a dialogue with the Taliban in Afghanistan, warning of an "economic collapse" in the country that could leave millions of Afghans dying as a consequence. 

  • António Guterres 2021-09-01 10:46

    UN chief announces readiness to cooperate with Iran

    TEHRAN — In a message to the Iranian president on Monday, the Secretary General of the United Nations congratulated Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi on his presidency, saying the UN is willing to fully cooperate with the new Iranian administration.

  • Zarif 2021-07-30 21:47

    Zarif lambasts UN for inaction in face of U.S.-E3 blackmail

    TEHRAN — Six days prior to the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a letter by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the secretary-general of the United Nations.

  • UN 2021-06-30 19:35

    UN chief urges U.S. to lift all sanctions on Iran

    TEHRAN - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the United States to remove all sanctions on Iran as agreed under a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers in 2015. 

  • Antonio Guterres 2021-06-21 17:21

    Yemen, Palestine slam UN Chief for excluding Saudis, Israel from children’s blacklist

    Yemen has strongly denounced the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, for removing Saudi Arabia for the second year in a row from a blacklist of countries and groups responsible for harming children during conflicts.

  • Zarif 2021-06-09 22:14

    Zarif defends Iran’s voting privileges at UNGA

    TEHRAN – After the UN Secretary-General's threat that Iran will lose its voting rights at the United Nations General Assembly due to the arrears in the payment of its membership fees, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informing him that the U.S. sanctions have blocked the payment of Iran’s membership fees.

  • Patients are treated at a hospital in Hajja in Yemen after an airstrike hit a wedding party. Photograph: Reuters 2021-03-03 19:01

    Zarif, UN chief call for peace talks on Yemen to end Saudi aggression 

    TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for the start of peace talks in Yemen in order to put an end to the protracted Saudi-led war and siege on the country.

  • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Than 2021-03-03 18:58

    Guterres, Qatar FM hold talks on JCPOA

    TEHRAN - In a phone conversation on Tuesday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres spoke with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani discussing the 2015 nuclear deal – JCPOA - between Iran and 5+1 nations as well as Doha's efforts to revive the agreement.

  • Antonio Guterres 2021-01-29 11:43

    UN chief calls for U.S., Iran to revitalize nuclear deal

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Thursday for the United States and Iran to work together to break their current stalemate on the international nuclear accord but said he did not expect a quick outcome.

  • تست انسانی واکسن ایرانی کرونا 2021-01-11 15:02

    Letter to Guterres: Iran criticizes WHO for biased support of ‘inadequately-tested American vaccine'

    TEHRAN – The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran has written a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, criticizing the World Health Organization for being biased in favor of inadequately-tested COVID-19 vaccines produced in the United States.

  • Guterres 2020-12-19 18:12

    UN chief calls on member states to engage in trade with Iran

    TEHRAN – The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called on all UN member states to engage in trade with Iran, highlighting the need for preserving the 2015 landmark nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

  • Ravanchi 2020-11-28 14:26

    Iran holds Israel accountable for Fakhrizadeh assassination in letter to Guterres

    TEHRAN – Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has held the U.S. and Israeli regimes responsible for the assassination of the top Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

  • Bagheri-Kani 2020-11-17 21:21

    Tehran criticizes Guterres for ignoring U.S. violation of Iranian rights

    TEHRAN – Head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights, Ali Bagheri-Kani, has strongly criticized UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for ignoring U.S. violation of Iranians' rights through inhumane sanctions, while at the same time attacking Iran’s human rights performance.

  • António Guterres 2020-09-20 12:20

    UN chief says no action on UN Iran sanctions

    United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Saturday he cannot take any action on a U.S. declaration that all UN sanctions on Iran had been reimposed because “there would appear to be uncertainty” on the issue.

  • UN 2020-09-16 00:47

    UN secretary-general calls on international community to protect JCPOA

    TEHRAN – United Natation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the global community to do all they can to protect a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.

  • abducted diplomats 2020-07-07 16:25

    Ambassador calls on UN chief to pursue case of abducted Iranian diplomats

    TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, on Monday called on United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to help find four Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982.

  • Antonio Guterres 2020-06-26 19:36

    By staff and agency

    Everything must be done to make sure JCPOA is not destroyed: Guterres

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that everything must be done to make sure that the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, is not destroyed.

  • Jo Becker 2020-06-22 09:50

    By Mohammad Mazhari

    Guterres tries to protect certain governments from accountability: Human rights activist

    “Security Council resolutions that should be mandatory are subject to political factors”

    TEHRAN – Children's Rights Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch is of the opinion that UN Secretary General António Guterres makes efforts to protect powerful countries and their allies from being held accountable for their performance, citing the United States and its close allies Israel and Saudi Arabia as examples.

  • Mousavi 2020-06-15 17:15

    Guterres’ report completely aligned with U.S. plot: Mousavi

    TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has criticized the UN secretary general’s report claiming that the missiles that hit the Saudi Aramco where of Iranian origin, saying the report was completely aligned with the United States’ new plot against Iran.

  • Hossein Amir-Abdollahian 2020-06-14 17:28

    Advisor rejects Guterres’ report on Aramco incident

    TEHRAN — The parliament speaker’s special aide for international affairs rejects as “baseless” the UN secretary general’s report claiming that the missiles that hit the Saudi Aramco where of Iranian origin.

  • Iran's mission 2020-06-13 18:17

    Iran slams UN secretary general’s report as flawed

    TEHRAN — The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations has rejected the UN secretary general’s report on the implementation of the Security Council resolution 2231 as flawed and inaccurate.

  • FM 2020-06-13 17:05

    Guterres’ anti-Iran allegations leveled under U.S., Saudi pressure: Tehran

    TEHRAN — The Foreign Ministry has dismissed the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ anti-Iran allegations, saying the allegations were leveled under political pressure from the U.S. and Saudi regimes.

  • Kamal Kharrazi 2020-05-19 17:32

    Unilateralism is a lethal poison for intl. community: Kharrazi

    TEHRAN - Kamal Kharrazi, chairman of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said on Tuesday that unilateralism is a “lethal poison” for international community, noting the necessity of forming an “international democracy”.

  • Zarif 2020-05-18 12:07

    Foreign Ministry summons Swiss ambassador

    Zarif writes to UN chief, calls U.S. moves illegal, dangerous, threat to international peace  

    TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres late on Sunday warning about possible attempts by the U.S. to “disrupt” the movement of the Iranian tankers carrying fuel to Venezuela, warning such a move will be “illegal”, “dangerous”, “provocative”, “instance of piracy” and a “great danger to international peace and security”.

  • Zarif 2020-05-09 16:31

    Zarif writes to UN chief on U.S. violation of nuclear deal, UN Charter

    TEHRAN – In a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has elaborated on the U.S. violation of the 2015 nuclear deal and gross violation of the United Nations Charter in a continuous manner.