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2020-08-22 12:58
Iran warns of taking proportional action regarding JCPOA
TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has warned of the Islamic Republic’s proportional action against Washington’s bid to reimpose the UN sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the Iran nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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2020-08-19 17:40
Takht-Ravanchi says U.S. complaint against Iran will fail
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the United States’ move to file a complaint against Iran at the UN Security Council will fail, calling it a “defeated policy”.
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2020-08-15 13:40
Iran urges intl. community to counter U.S. ‘knee on neck’ policy
TEHRAN - Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the international community to counter knee on neck” policy by the United States, warning against regression into a power-based unilateralism.
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2020-08-12 18:31
Ravanchi confident UN will reject new U.S. draft on arms embargo
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has expressed confidence that the UN Security Council will reject draft of a new resolution prepared by United States on extending arms embargo against Iran.
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2020-08-10 19:43
Iran urges UN Security Council to reject U.S. bullying
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the UN Security Council should reject the United States’ bullying and unilateralism.
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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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2020-07-31 18:20
JCPOA is annexed to UNSCR 2231 and U.S. has legal obligations to implement both: Iran
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA, is annexed to the resolution 2231 of the UN Security Council and the United States has legal obligations to implement both of them.
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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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2020-07-11 17:39
Soleimani assassination was ‘state terrorism’: Takht-Ravanchi
TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, has said the United States’ brutal assassination of General Qassem Soleimani was an obvious example of state terrorism pursued in gross violation of the fundamental principles of international law.
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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.
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2020-07-03 12:22
Iran condemns U.S. sanctions on countries hit hard by coronavirus
TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has highlighted the need for lifting of the United States’ sanctions, which have been weakening the targeted countries’ fight against the spread of the coronavirus.
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2020-07-01 19:13
UNSC did not back U.S. bid to extend Iran arms embargo: envoy
TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, has said the UN Security Council members did not endorse the U.S. government’s proposed resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran.
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2020-06-30 18:30
Envoy predicts U.S. isolation at UN Security Council meeting
TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, has predicted U.S. isolation at the UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday.
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2020-06-26 19:37
Takht-Ravanchi warns it would be ‘a very, very big mistake’ if Trump tries to reimpose UN sanctions
Envoy highlights U.S. failure in anti-Iran bid
TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, indicates that the U.S. has failed to garner support for its anti-Iran resolution at the UN Security Council.
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2020-06-07 19:23
U.S. has no right to initiate anything under 2231 resolution: Iran
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the United States has no right to initiate anything under the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 which endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.
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2020-05-19 14:11
U.S. must end illegal occupation of Syria: Iranian envoy
TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, says the United States must end its illegal occupation of Syria and stop shielding the terrorists under the guise of fighting terrorism.
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2020-05-10 19:59
Overhyped SHTA does not meet Iran’s humanitarian needs: Takht-Ravanchi
TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, has said the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Arrangement (SHTA) does not match Iran’s humanitarian needs in the current situation, IRNA reported.
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2020-05-09 18:05
U.S. ridicules international law: envoy
TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the United States has ridiculed international law by violating the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and threatening other countries.
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2020-04-27 22:02
Iran says SIPRI report reveals who is advancing arms race in region
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Monday that the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s report on 2019 world military expenditure is quite revealing about who is advancing arms race in the West Asia region.
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2020-04-22 19:08
Iran’s ambassador to UN says ‘people in the entire region’ want the U.S. to leave
U.S. opposing good relations between Iran, neighbors: Takht-Ravanchi
TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said Iran is ready to make amends with its neighbors while the U.S. remains the main obstacle to peace in Western Asia.
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2020-04-03 01:17
'No one is fooled' by Washington's disinformation campaign against Iran: envoy
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says nobody will be duped by Washington's campaign of disinformation against Tehran, after the U.S. secretary of state accused “Iranian diplomats” of “involvement” in an alleged assassination in Turkey.
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2020-02-07 12:18
Iran says ready to assist Turkey, Syria to resolve conflicts
TEHRAN - Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Thursday that his country, which is one of the guarantors of the Astana group, is ready to do its best to settle the conflicts between Turkey and Syria in Idlib province in northwestern Syria.
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2020-01-08 16:45
In letter to UN chief Iran says has right to self-defense against any threat or use of force
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that Iran has the right to defense itself against any threat or use of force.
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2020-01-05 14:28
Assassination of General Soleimani is an act of aggression in violation of intl. law, Takht-Ravanchi
‘Response to military action is military action’: Iranian UN envoy
Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was “an illegitimate action” and “an act of aggression” in violation of international law.
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2019-12-20 18:19
Takht-Ravanchi: Sanctions are illegitimate, immoral, inhumane and cruel
U.S. sanctions are ‘collective punishment’, Iranian diplomat says
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Thursday that the United States’ sanctions against Iran are illegitimate, immoral, inhumane and cruel.
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2019-11-26 15:54
Iran says UN Security Council facing legitimacy crisis
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Monday that the UN Security Council is facing a legitimacy and credibility crisis.
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2019-11-19 20:10
Iran urges intl. community to make U.S., Israel to agree to nuclear free zone Middle East
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Monday that the international community must compel the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel to fulfil their commitments in establishing a WMD-free zone in the Middle East.
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2019-10-08 23:40
UN committee postponed after Iranian diplomat opposes U.S. visa restriction
TEHRAN – Chairman of the 6th committee of UN General Assembly ordered cancelation of the meeting after Iran’s representative at the committee Ali Nasimfar voiced strong dissatisfaction about Washington’s restriction imposed on the Iranian delegation during the 74th session of the UN annual meeting in September.
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2019-10-08 11:24
Zarif rejects rumors of biological assassination against Iran’s envoy to UN
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed as fake news that biological assassination has taken place against Tehran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi, who is now under treatment in a hospital in New York.
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2019-09-29 20:57
Zarif takes swipe at U.S. for not letting him visit envoy in NY hospital
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he has been able to see and talk to Iran’s UN Ambassador Majid Takht-Ravanchi “thanks to technology”, taking a thinly veiled swipe at U.S. government which banned him from visiting the diplomat in a New York hospital.