Iran’s UN envoy calls nuclear deal example of patient diplomacy’

TEHRAN - Iran’s ambassador to the UN said on Tuesday that the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, is an example of “patient diplomacy”.

Iran health minister appointed WHO commissioner on NCDs

TEHRAN — Iranian Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh-Hashemi has recently been appointed as the World Health Organization’s commissioner for Independent Global High-level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

It’s greatly important to observe peacekeeping principles, Iranian diplomat tells UN

Gholamali Khoshroo, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, has said it is “highly important” that the United Nations “observe the purposes and principles of peacekeeping” operations.

Tehran says seeking co-op with UN on human rights

TEHRAN - Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary of the High Council for Human Rights Mohammad in Iran, has said that Iran is seeking close cooperation with the United Nations on issues related to human rights.

Jahangir, UN special rapporteur on Iran, dies

Asma Jahangir, the chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, has died of a heart attack, her daughter Muneeze Jahangir said.

Iran: U.S. regards UN Security Council as ‘toolbox’

TEHRAN - The Iranian deputy ambassador to the UN said on Tuesday that the Trump administration is using the UN Security Council as a “toolbox”.

By Afshin Majlesi

Kashmir Solidarity Day marked in Pakistan embassy in Tehran

TEHRAN – The embassy of Pakistan in Tehran observed Kashmir Solidarity Day on Monday to express unity with the Kashmiri people who have long been struggling for self-determination in northern India.

Ex-consultant to Iran’s UN mission gets three months prison

TEHRAN – A former consultant to Iran’s mission to the United Nations was sentenced to three months in prison on Friday for evading taxes by concealing his income and helping family and friends make money transfers that violated U.S. sanctions against Iran, Reuters reported.

Iran says sanctions violate right to progress

TEHRAN – Es’haq Al-e-Habib, the Iranian deputy ambassador to the UN, has said that economic sanctions are impediment to sustainable development and violate the people’s right to progress.

Produced and gone straight to waste

TEHRAN — According to the United Nations the current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100 and the question is how to produce sufficient food for everyone?

UN chief warns against endangering nuclear deal

Antonio Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, is urging nations not to damage Iran's 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers because of concerns they may have with Iran's nonnuclear military activities.

Iran always in my heart: Gary Lewis

TEHRAN – Gary Lewis, the outgoing UN ambassador to Iran, has said that Iran will always be “in my heart and I was very much impressed by the great Iranian civilization in the past five years living and working there.” 

Dialogue best way to overcome challenges, Lewis says of Iran protests

TEHRAN – Gary Lewis, the UN resident coordinator in Iran, on Wednesday reiterated President Rouhani’s comments on recent protests, saying Iranian citizens must have the right to voice their concerns.

Iran likens Haley’s sympathy for protestors to ‘crocodile tears’

TEHRAN – Iran’s UN mission has released a statement likening U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley’s expression of sympathy for protestors in Iran to “disgusting crocodile tears”.

‘UNGA draft resolution turns combating SDS into a global issue’

TEHRAN — The adoption of a draft on combating sand and dust storms (SDS) in the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 72) will turn it into a global issue which can garner international support to tackle its detrimental effects, the Iranian ambassador to the UN said.

Tehran urges dialogue to confront violent extremism

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo said on Wednesday that dialogue, moderation and tolerance are the most effective antidotes to violent extremism, urging the international community to provide effective measures to fight extremism.

Tehran to pursue U.S. missile claims through UN

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that Iran will file a formal complaint against the United States at the UN Security Council over the Yemen missile accusations, IRNA reported.

By staff and agency

EU: nuclear deal is achievement of multilateral diplomacy

Joanne Adamson, the EU ambassador to the UN, said on Tuesday that the 2015 nuclear deal is “achievement of multilateral diplomacy.”

Veto of UN resolution displays U.S. isolation: ambassador

TEHRAN – The Iranian Ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, on Tuesday censured Washington’s veto of a UN Security Council resolution aimed at withdrawing recognition of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel by Donald Trump, saying the United States exhibited “unforgettable isolation” by the move.

By staff and agency

Iran calls U.S. complicit in Yemen calamity

Iran’s permanent mission to the UN has said since Saudi Arabia relies heavily on the Trump administration’s help in its war on Yemen, Washington is a complicit in the sufferings of the Yemeni people.

By Vahid Pourtajrishi

 EU welcomes decline of U.S. global hegemony: expert

TEHRAN _ Andy Storey, the professor of Politics and International Relations of Dublin University believes that Trump's recklessness may inadvertantly preciptate a faster decline of the U.S. than would otherwise have occurred, and possibly a desire on the part of European elites to create, for example, an independent military capacity.

Intl. environmental co-op must be fair, not hampered by sanctions, politicization

TEHRAN — We strongly believe in the fact that environmental problems are trans-boundary and trans-generational, and need to be solved through effective international cooperation mechanisms that are fair and not hampered by economic sanctions and politicization, Iranian environment official Kaveh Madani has said.

Iran’s UN ambassador: U.S. al-Quds move legitimizes occupation

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that Donald Trump’s recognition of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel amounts to legitimizing occupation, IRNA reported.

China makes contributions to WFP Iran to support afghan and Iraqi refugees

TEHRAN – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) welcomes China’s contribution to provide food assistance to Afghan and Iraqi refugees and promote education for refugee girls residing in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iran, Russia, Turkey send Sochi statement to UN

TEHRAN – Iran, Russian and Turkey, as the three guarantors of the Syrian peace talks, have sent a letter to the United Nations secretary general and the president of the UN Security Council demanding that the final statement of their presidents in Sochi be registered as a UN Security Council document.

Zarif reiterates cooperation with UN on Afghanistan

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday reiterated Tehran’s support for peace and stability in Afghanistan, saying Tehran is ready to cooperate with the United Nations to help meet the needs of Afghanistan.

Takfiri ideology is Saudi born, Iran insists

An Iranian diplomat to the United Nation on Friday insisted on Tehran’s long-held belief that Takfiri ideologies are Saudi born that cannot be underestimated.

‘Saudi partnership in fight on terrorism is mockery of humanity’

Saudis kill more children in Yemen than terrorists, Iran says

Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the UN has said that Saudi Arabia is killing more children in Yemen than “Al-Qaeda, ISIS and Nusrah put together around the globe”.

By Mahmoud Abbas

Britain must atone for the Balfour declaration – and 100 years of suffering

Many British people will not know of Sir Arthur James Balfour, an early 20th century foreign secretary. For 12 million Palestinians, his name is all too familiar. On the 100th anniversary of the Balfour declaration, the British government should take the opportunity to make things right.