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2023-01-25 15:33
Threat of urban food insecurity growing in Asia-Pacific: UN agencies
A new report by four United Nations agencies has revealed that Asia’s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region’s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030, and that will have equally enormous consequences for urban food security and nutrition.
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2022-12-27 20:30
Tepe Ozbaki: local officials in push to expand ancient hill protection
TEHRAN – Tourism officials of Alborz province are stepping up efforts to win UNESCO status for a millennia-old archaeological hill situated near the Iranian capital.
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2022-12-24 18:02
Semnan hopes to win UNESCO recognition for its caravanserais
TEHRAN – The Iranian province of Semnan hopes to gain UNESCO status for a selection of its caravanserais, which are part of a national dossier to be evaluated in the near future by the UN body.
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2022-12-20 19:31
Iran ready to resume Vienna talks: Envoy
TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani reiterated Iran’s readiness to resume the stalled talks in Vienna over reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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2022-12-17 22:45
By Sadegh Fereydounabadi
Iran offers IAEA a chance for getting over differences
TEHRAN – A delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog is expected to arrive in Iran in the next few days in what appears to be another chance offered by Iran to the West to redress their past misbehavior.
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2022-12-16 19:24
When it comes to women's rights, the U.S. needs to work from the top
TEHRAN- The West is lobbying countries to pressure Iran at the UN over its alleged women’s rights record. It is worthy to focus on how the West treats women back home.
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2022-12-10 22:44
Envoy warns against U.S. efforts to exclude Iran from CSW
TEHRAN- Iran's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday cautioned against the United States' attempts to remove Iran as a member of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
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2022-12-10 19:06
By Afshin Majlesi
An occasion to celebrate life in Iranian heights
TEHRAN - International Mountain Day on December 11 may be a delicate invitation for us to find harmony with nature and benefit from a wealth of fresh experiences along the way.
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2022-12-07 23:12
Iranian, Egyptian diplomats review issues of mutual interest
TEHRAN - Ahmad Faisal Muhamad, the Egyptian ambassador at the Geneva-based UN headquarters, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Bahraini discussed issues of the agenda of the UN and other international bodies, IRNA reported on Wednesday.
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2022-12-03 22:28
Iran spares no opportunity to accommodate Afghan migrants: envoy
TEHRAN- An Iranian diplomat has reminded the international community that Iran is still offering assistance to Afghan refugees despite being subject to harshest sanctions.
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2022-11-30 23:25
Iran urges UN to denounce Israeli assaults on Syria
TEHRAN- Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani stressed on Tuesday that the UN Security Council is anticipated to condemn the Zionist regime's aggression and terrorist strikes against Syria.
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2022-11-30 19:01
UN warns occupied West Bank nears "boiling point"
TEHRAN- Deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is “reaching a boiling point”, the UN envoy for West Asia told the Security Council and warned of escalating violence.
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2022-11-19 21:48
UN human rights resolution is flawed and defective, Iranian diplomat says
TEHRAN – Iran once again has rejected the human rights resolution adopted by the United Nations, saying it was drafted based on “biased behavior.”
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2022-11-15 22:10
Iran supports UN efforts to find peaceful solution to Ukraine conflict
TEHRAN – Amir Saied Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, on Monday underlined Tehran’s support for the United Nations efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Ukraine war.
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2022-11-13 19:32
Iran UN envoy reiterates Tehran’s impartial position on Ukraine
TEHRAN - Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, has reiterated Tehran’s position on the war in Ukraine, underlining that his country’s impartial position on the war remains unchangeable.
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2022-11-01 11:29
UN tells Israel to destroy nuclear weapons
TEHRAN- The United Nations General Assembly on Sunday voted 152-5 in favor of a resolution that demands Israel destroy all its nuclear weapons arsenal and allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit its nuclear facilities.
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2022-10-28 18:33
Diplomat: Iran has not supplied arms to Russia neither before nor after Ukraine war
TEHRAN— Iran has maintained its active neutrality in the Ukraine war and has never given weapons to the two sides of the war, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations said on Thursday.
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2022-10-22 19:08
Russia to reassess UN ties amid Iran drone hoax
TEHRAN- Russia says any UN probe into the alleged use of Iranian made drones in the Ukraine war would be politically motivated, biased and won’t deliver accurate results. It is not for the first time that the United States and its Western proxies have levelled fake accusations against Iran with the intent of damaging Tehran’s international relations.
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2022-10-21 18:58
Iran to West: Politicizing women’s rights is a ‘political attempt’
TEHRAN — In her statement read on Thursday, Zahra Ershadi, the deputy permanent representative of Iran to the United Nations, said Iran doesn’t believe that the West’s attention towards women’s rights in Iran is genuine.
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2022-10-21 18:52
Envoy disavows Ukraine's bogus claim Iran has infringed UN resolution
TEHRAN- The Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN doubts Ukraine's accusations that the Islamic Republic disregarded UN Security Council Resolution 2231 by supplying Russia with drones, as Kiev claims.
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2022-10-12 19:07
Iranian diplomat urges the world to heed security threats in cyberspace, outer space
TEHRAN- The threat posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) to humanity's existence has been reiterated by an Iranian diplomat, who also urged the international community to address conventional and novel security issues in cyberspace and outer space.
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2022-09-30 22:20
Iran urges UN to maintain cooperative interaction between OPCW, Syria
TEHRAN- Iran has urged the UN Security Council to support the productive communications between the Syrian government and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
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2022-09-30 21:16
Iran responds to statements by Albania and UAE at UN
TEHRAN – The Iranian mission to the UN in New York responded to allegations by Albania and the United Arab Emirates at the United Nations General Assembly.
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2022-09-28 21:33
Situation in Afghanistan challenging after Taliban takeover: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran has said that the situation in Afghanistan remains challenging a year after the Taliban overthrew the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.
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2022-09-28 21:32
Iran asks UN to help end S. Arabia’s devastating embargo on Yemen
TEHRAN- For the interim cease-fire to continue, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has urged the UN to work toward easing the debilitating Saudi embargo on Yemen and establish a sincere political engagement between the warring sides.
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2022-09-27 20:39
Nukes pose serious threat to humanity: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran has once again reiterated its stance on the need to eliminate nuclear weapons, underlining that they pose a serious threat to humanity.
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2022-09-23 20:42
UN chief affirms Iran’s position on regional dialogue
TEHRAN — Continuing his consultations on the fourth day of his trip to New York, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations on Thursday.
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2022-09-23 20:41
U.S. claims of goodwill contradicts concurrent sanctions: Raisi
TEHRAN- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed that it is extremely absurd for U.S. officials to say that they are willing to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal to lift sanctions on Iran while simultaneously moving to impose additional sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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2022-09-22 08:41
By Saeed Azimi
Raisi activates balanced diplomacy: 4 meetings in one day
TEHRAN— Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held 5 important bilateral meetings on the second day of his visit to New York, proving that he is pursing active, dynamic and balance diplomacy.
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2022-09-21 20:59
Iran president meets religious leaders in New York
TEHRAN – Iranian President Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, who traveled to New York to participate in the UN General Assembly, met with a number of leaders of divine religions.