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2022-01-22 19:00
UN Holocaust resolution is Zionist abuse of international mechanisms: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Friday reacted to a resolution on the Holocaust by the United Nations General Assembly, saying the resolution has nothing to do with Iran.
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2022-01-16 22:25
Iran FM meets UN envoy for Syria
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has met with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen.
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2022-01-16 18:14
Iran diplomat meets UN, Norwegian officials
TEHRAN – Ali Asghar Khaji, the Iranian foreign minister’s senior advisor for special political affairs, met on Saturday with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Norway’s special envoy for Yemen Kjersti Tromsdal.
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2022-01-14 21:56
Bans blocking Iran to pay UN dues to get its vote back: official
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman addressed the suspension of Iran’s right to vote in the United Nations.
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2022-01-10 17:31
UN official calls for enhanced environmental cooperation with Iran
TEHRAN - UN Resident Coordinator in Iran, Stefan Priesner, has called for boosting cooperation with Iran in the field of environment.
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2021-12-22 17:06
UN to cut food aid to Yemen due to lack of funds
TEHRAN - The World Food Programme has said it has been “forced” to cut aid to Yemen due to a lack of funds and warned there will be a surge in hunger in the war-torn country in the coming months.
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2021-12-22 00:06
UNSC must compel Israel to stop aggression on Syria: Iran
TEHRAN –Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi has called on the UN Security Council to pressure Israel into stopping its attacks on Syria.
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2021-12-18 21:21
UN human rights resolution is unconstructive: Iranian diplomat
TEHRAN - Zahra Ershadi, Iran’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, on Friday described human rights resolution against Iran at the UN as “unconstructive”.
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2021-12-17 21:04
Iran FM, UN chief discuss Vienna talks
TERHAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has spoken over the phone with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to discuss the latest status of Vienna talks and some other issues of mutual interest.
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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).
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2021-12-11 21:38
UN okays Iran’s membership in atomic radiation committee
TEHRAN - The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved Iran’s full membership in the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), Press TV reported.
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2021-12-08 23:18
Diplomat warns against ‘dangerous’ acts of piracy targeting Iranian oil at sea
TEHRAN - An Iranian diplomat to the UN issued a stern warning on Tuesday against acts of piracy targeting tankers carrying Iran’s oil at sea, urging the international community to condemn such “unlawful acts” that endanger freedom of navigation.
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2021-12-08 16:19
UN decries “disastrous” human rights for Palestinians
TEHRAN - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has strongly condemned Israeli violations of Palestinian rights, describing their situation as disastrous, with severe infringements occurring that are affecting the lives of millions of Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation.
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2021-12-05 21:36
Iran, UN hold talks on Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Abbas Araghchi met on Sunday with Mette Knudsen, the deputy special representative for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
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2021-12-01 20:39
Iran urges UN to counter U.S. unilateralism as UN marks 67th anniversary
TEHRAN — Speaking on the anniversary of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations on Wednesday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Hassan Sheikholeslami said the UN should counter United States’ extraterritorial moves in violations of the UN Charter.
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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.
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2021-11-24 18:12
UN warns of catastrophic Yemen death toll
TEHRAN - The United Nations has warned that should the war on Yemen continue until the end of 2021, the death toll from the conflict will reach 377,000 lives with 154,000 as a result of direct combat and violence and 223,000 – or nearly 60 per cent – indirectly caused by the conflict. The report says of the total deaths, 259,000 – nearly 70 per cent of total conflict-attributable deaths – are children younger than five years old.
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2021-11-22 21:33
By Mohammad Mazhari
Western powers weaponizing UN against Third World: professor
TEHRAN – A professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law says the United Nations has turned into a tool in the hands of Western powers in pressing the Third World, particularly Muslim nations.
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2021-11-19 23:18
UN affirms resolution on permanent sovereignty of Palestine over occupied lands
TEHRAN – At a UN General Assembly meeting on Thursday, 157 countries voted in favor of a draft resolution on the permanent sovereignty of Palestine over the occupied territories.
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2021-11-19 17:52
By Afshin Majlesi
Discover enigmatic Lut Desert for soaking up the sun this winter
TEHRAN – As the temperatures begin to drop, many avid vacationers seize the opportunity with open arms. On the one hand, winter is welcomed by skiers and snowboarders and on the other by those who want to escape the cold to soak up the sun.
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2021-11-17 21:22
Sanctions ‘must be applied only as last resort,” Iran’s envoy to UN notes
Iran reprimands sanctions as ‘blunt and blind instruments’
TEHRAN - Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN on Tuesday censured the use of sanctions as “blunt and blind instruments” to exert pressure on countries.
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2021-11-10 21:53
Global community reacts to Israeli atrocities
TEHRAN — In an attempt to stop the continuous human rights violations by the Zionists, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) of the United Nations approved six anti-Israel texts concerning the Palestine issue on November 9.
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2021-10-30 21:06
Iran rejects ‘weaponization of human rights, selectivity and double standards’
TEHRAN – A senior Iranian diplomat in New York has called on certain states to stop weaponizing human rights amid tensions between Iran and the United Nations over a UN report criticizing Iran’s human rights record.
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2021-10-29 22:09
UN General Assembly First Committee approves Iran's proposal for nuclear disarmament
TEHRAN— Iran's proposed biennial resolution, entitled "Pursuing the Implementation of the Agreements Reached at the NPT Review Conferences in 1995, 2000 and 2010," has ratified by the UN General Assembly First Committee.
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2021-10-29 19:05
Iran rejects UN human rights report as ‘biased and politically-motivated’
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has reacted to the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, dismissing it as “biased and confrontational.”
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2021-10-26 10:52
Iranian ambassador meets acting Taliban foreign minister
TEHRAN - Bahador Aminian, Iran’s ambassador to Kabul, met on Saturday with Taliban’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
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2021-10-20 20:26
Israel’s military provocations against Iran has reached alarming level: UN envoy
TEHRAN — The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to take action against the Israeli regime’s covert operations against Tehran’s nuclear program.
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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.
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2021-10-18 22:03
Yemen’s ambassador meets top political advisor to Iranian FM
TEHRAN - Ali Asghar Khaji, the senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister for special political affairs, held on talks on Sunday with Yemen’s Ambassador to Tehran Ibrahim Mohammad al-Deilami.
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2021-10-09 22:56
Iran likens unilateral coercive measures to Covid virus that prevent growth
TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Friday called Covid-19 and the unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) as the two most destructive anti-growth and anti-development viruses, taking a swipe at the U.S. for resorting to illegal unilateral sanctions on developing countries.