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2020-10-02 16:55
Tehran dismisses Netanyahu’s UN speech as ‘ridiculous show’
TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has mocked the Israeli prime minister’s speech at the UN General Assembly as a “ridiculous show” which intended to deceive people, saying the Zionist regime is the greatest threat to world peace.
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2020-09-26 20:51
Assistant holds talks with UN Syria envoy
TEHRAN – Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior assistant to Iranian foreign minister in special political affairs, spoke by phone with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen on Syria-related issues, including the activities of a committee that is tasked with drafting a new constitution for Syria.
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2020-09-23 13:07
Show must go on: E3 will not stand against U.S.
TEHRAN – In a rare move, the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers issued a joint statement to denounce the U.S. effort to restore international sanctions on Iran nearly two days before the U.S. announced the return of these sanctions, a move that was seen by some analysts as a sign of transatlantic coordination on Iran.
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2020-09-22 22:02
Rouhani: U.S. can impose neither negotiations, nor war on us
“Today is the time to say “no” to bullying and arrogance,” president says
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani told the UN General Assembly late on Tuesday that the United States is not in a position to impose negotiations or war against Iran.
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2020-09-21 18:05
U.S. defeat highlighted ‘rightfulness of Iran’s position’: Vaezi
TEHRAN – Mahmoud Vaezi, the Iranian president's chief of staff, says the U.S. efforts to reimpose international restrictions on Iran have once again failed and that the rightfulness of Iran’s position has been reiterated again.
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2020-09-20 23:20
U.S. defeat at UN was ‘inevitable’, says Rouhani
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the U.S. has suffered a “definite defeat” at the UN Security Council while seeking to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran.
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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.
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2020-09-19 18:14
‘Iran to return to pre-JCPOA era if UN bans imposed’
TEHRAN — The chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee says Iran will return to the pre-JCPOA era if the UN sanctions are reimposed.
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2020-09-18 18:28
New U.S. move on Iran is ‘like pulling a trigger and no bullet comes out’, says UN Security Council
Washington says it has triggered a return of all UN sanctions on Iran, which would take effect this weekend.
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2020-09-16 18:29
Trump’s war threat against Iran a gross violation of UN Charter: ambassador
TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has said U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to use military force against Iran constitutes a gross violation of the United Nations’ Charter.
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2020-09-13 23:05
E3 face stark test over snapback mechanism
TEHRAN - As the 30-day U.S. process of restoring the UN sanctions on Iran is nearing its end, the European signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal ratchet up efforts to find a way forward while preventing a total collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2020-09-02 20:30
U.S. cannot initiate process of reinstating UN sanctions: China
TEHRAN – Chinese Mission to UN said in a tweet on Wednesday that the United States cannot initiate process of reinstating UN sanctions on Iran under the 2231 resolution which endorses the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.
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2020-08-30 17:07
Iran urges world to pressure Israel to join NPT
TEHRAN — Iran’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Es’haq Al-e Habib has urged the international community to pressure Israel into joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
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2020-08-22 18:51
With snapback gambit, U.S. puts its veto power in danger
TEHRAN - The U.S. move to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran strategically puts the U.S. veto power in danger given the widespread opposition to its measure, an analyst tells the Tehran Times.
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2020-08-22 17:06
Weakening UN can reignite flames of war, violence in world: ambassador
TEHRAN — Iranian Ambassador to Paris Bahram Qassemi has said undermining international bodies such as the United Nations can reignite the flames of war and violence in different parts of the world.
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2020-08-22 16:08
13 Security Council members oppose U.S. bid to return UN bans on Iran
TEHRAN — Thirteen countries out of the 15-member UN Security Council have expressed their opposition to the U.S. bid to reimpose the UN sanctions on Iran, arguing that Washington’s move is void given it is using a process under a nuclear deal that it quit more than two years ago.
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2020-08-18 23:31
How Iran will respond to snapback sanctions
TEHRAN - As the U.S. moves forward with its plan to snap back all UN sanctions on Iran, the world holds its breath to see how Iran would respond to a potential return of UN restrictions.
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2020/08/18
By Robert Inlakesh
Wall Street Journal caught out in lies about “U.S. Seizure of Iranian vessels”
Last Thursday, the widely regarded “reputable” ‘Wall Street Journal’ published a story, quoting unnamed U.S. officials, claiming that four Iranian vessels heading to Venezuela were “seized” in International Waters. But now it seems that they have changed their narrative, the narrative that the rest of Western Corporate media has adopted.
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2020-08-17 23:10
U.S. faces uphill battle to trigger snapback sanctions
TEHRAN -In a bid to ensure that the UN arms embargo on Iran is not expired, the U.S. plans to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran, a highly controversial move that could create a bitter row among the permanent members of the UN Security Council over the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
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2020-08-15 12:06
Tehran advises Washington to take lesson from its failures
TEHRAN — Making a reference to the United States failure at the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says Washington should take a lesson from its total failures.
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2020-08-14 14:15
Iran calls on Security Council to reject U.S. ‘ill-intentioned’ move
TEHRAN — Iran’s permanent mission to the UN has called on the UN Security Council to stand up to an “ill-intentioned” move by the U.S. government to extend an arms embargo on Tehran.
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2020-08-12 23:30
By Saeed K. Mavadat
Beirut blast revives debate over international trusteeship system in Lebanon
TEHRAN - In the wake of the massive explosion at the Beirut port, which devastated parts of the Lebanese capital and left hundreds of thousands of Beirut residents homeless, Lebanese politicians and experts dangle the prospect of Lebanon being placed under international trusteeship.
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2020-08-12 00:04
By staff and agency
Trump risks crisis at UN by trying to use Iran deal he shredded: Bloomberg
In an article published by Bloomberg on Tuesday, it is said that two years after quitting the 2015 nuclear deal, Donald Trump’s administration is risking a crisis at the United Nations by threatening to reimpose international sanctions on Iran that were eased under the agreement.
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2020-08-09 15:56
UN envoy slams U.S. for sponsoring anti-Iran Tondar terrorist group
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has slammed the United States for sponsoring a U.S.-based anti-Iran group named Tondar.
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2020-08-08 17:22
UN set to roundly reject U.S. resolution on Iran: diplomats
TEHRAN – The United Nations Security Council is set to roundly reject a U.S. resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran, according to UN diplomats.
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2020-08-05 19:03
U.S. circulates resolution on Iran arms embargo at UN: Bloomberg
TEHRAN — The United States has circulated a new resolution to the UN Security Council members, calling for an extension of the UN arms embargo on Iran.
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2020-07-25 13:09
Takht-Ravanchi censures Washington’s sanctions on Syria as ‘shameful’
All forces present in Syria without permission must leave, Iran’s UN envoy says
TEHRAN – All foreign forces who have entered Syria with the permission of the Damascus government must leave the country, the Iranian ambassador to the UN said on Thursday.
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2020-07-24 18:14
By Afshin Majlesi
Trump’s Muslim ban: For the sake of safer America or anti-Muslim bigots
House Democrats on Wednesday voted to pass a legislation that would revoke the U.S. President Donald Trump administration’s controversial order banning entry to immigrants from mostly Muslim-majority countries.
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2020-07-19 16:55
Iran denounces Bloomberg article for promoting violence, terrorism
TEHRAN — Iran’s UN Mission has denounced a Bloomberg article for encouraging violence, terror and sabotage against Iran, saying the article promotes violence and terrorism.
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2020-07-14 10:07
By Hamid Bayati
Arms embargo is just a pretext for U.S. to build political support to return UN sanctions on Iran
Daryl G. Kimball, the executive director at U.S. Arms Control Association, tells the Tehran Times that a move by the Trump administration to extend arms embargo is just “a pretext for building sufficient political support for snapping back UN sanctions under the terms of UNSCR 2231.”