UN rejects US-drafted resolution to condemn Hamas

The United Nations General Assembly has rejected a United States-sponsored resolution seeking to condemn Hamas, the Palestinian group administering the besieged Gaza Strip.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Nikki Haley left the UN

TEHRAN - Nikki Haley has resigned as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and will leave her post in January. Since Trump’s first weeks in office, the White House has been plagued with high-profile departures of people who are fired or resign, often after being stung by scandal or caught up in some controversy: National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, FBI Director James Comey and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, to name a few.

In parting shot, Nikki Haley shuns human rights groups at UN

During her nearly two-year stint as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley sought to cultivate a reputation as a human rights champion, speaking out forcefully about atrocities from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Myanmar to South Sudan.

Nikki Haley forced to resign following failed anti-Iran bid at UN Security Council: senior analyst

TEHRAN – Ali Khorram, a senior analyst and former Iranian ambassador to UN bodies in Vienna, says U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was fired by Donald Trump because of her failure in uniting the members of the UN Security Council against Tehran.

Trump says UN ambassador Haley to leave at end of year

President Donald Trump said Tuesday UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration "at the end of the year."

By Hanif Ghaffari

Washington's Isolation and Dual Game of Paris

The United Nations General Assembly's meeting in New York uncovered Washington's isolation in the international system even more than before. The unilateralism of the United States and its illegal approach towards international agreements (e.g. its withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) were criticized by our president at the UN.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

A case which IAEA doesn’t intend to disclose

TEHRAN - Recently, amid international disputes over the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the nuclear deal with Iran, we witnessed the announcement of a sudden resignation of the IAEA's Head of the Inspection and Supervision Department.

The Iran deal was designed to be too big to fail: Haley

TEHRAN – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley slammed the Iran nuclear deal on Thursday night by saying it was “designed to be too big to fail.”

Iran warns U.S. about intervention in Syria

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday slammed the United States for its hostile policies towards the Middle East, saying Washington is not entitled to intervene in Syria.

Iran sees failure of opponents at UN

TEHRAN – The United States and United Kingdom, backed by a whole gamut of other allies, failed on Monday to pass a resolution at the UN Security Council which sought to legitimize accusations that Iran is responsible for arming Houthis in Yemen.

Ex-diplomat calls Haley ‘show person’

TEHRAN - Mansour Moazami, Iran’s former ambassador to Brazil, has said that Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, is a “professional show person”.

Try fabricating ‘evidence’ again, Zarif tells U.S.

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has ridiculed the recent moves by U.S. officials claiming that Iran is supplying missiles to Yemen, stressing that the Trump administration is again fabricating “evidence” to create an Iranphobic narrative at the UN.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

Lady diplomat puts on a new show to grab attention

TEHRAN - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations continues to spew forth inflammatory rhetoric against Iran.

By Mohammad Ibrahim Karimi

Institutionalized racism serving Trumpism

TEHRAN - The United States ambassador to the United Nations, "Nikki Haley", hasn't still apologized for the racist statements of Donald Trump and his hideous remarks on African countries. Recently, representatives of 54 African countries at the United Nations, once again called on American authorities to apologize to the African people for these statements made by Trump.

By Reza Ghazwini

U.S. sheds crocodile tears for ‘freedom’ in Iran 

Iranians, whom U.S. President Donald Trump has called a terrorist nation and slapped travel restriction on them, has all of a sudden been transformed to a “heroic, resistance nation” by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. 

By Mohammad Ghaderi

What is Nikki Haley looking for?

TEHRAN - During her presence in the United Nations, the United States representative at the UN has started a full-blown opposition to the Iranian nation.

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”.

Yemenis using own weapons: Iranian MP

TEHRAN – MP Hossein Naqavi Hosseini has said that Iran has not provided Yemen with missiles, adding that Yemenis use their own weapons against Saudi Arabia.

Larijani blames occupation, spy services for spread of terrorism

TEHRAN – Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday that occupation of other countries’ land, extremism and intelligence services as chief reasons behind spread of terrorism in the region.

By Fateme Mohammadi

The Palestinians do not go under the Trump plot: ex-senior CIA official

Haley's show was aimed at hatred against Iran

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that The Nikki Haley show was “part of a larger campaign by the Trump administration to whip up anger against Iran.”

By Payman Yazdani

Geopolitical expert: Haley's display in line with U.S. policy to overthrow Iran’s political order

TEHRAN _ Bangkok- based geopolitical researcher Anthony Cartalucci says Haley's display is in line with U.S. decades long foreign policy to overthrow Iran’s political order

Defense chief: Iran needs to examine missile parts displayed by U.S.

TEHRAN –Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday that Iran should be given a piece of the missile fired last month at an airport in Riyadh by Yemeni Houthi rebels to do its own investigation.

Iran remaining in Syria to finish off terrorists: Shamkhani

TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Monday that Iran will continue its advisory role in Syria as long as all terrorist groups are annihilated, IRNA reported.

Velayati denounces Haley’s allegations as ridiculous

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior foreign policy adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on Sunday railed against Washington after its Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley accused Iran of sending missiles to the Houthis in Yemen.

Iran to file complaint to UN against U.S. missile claim

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Tehran will file a complaint to the UN against U.S. over claims that Iran has supplied missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen.

France should not blindly follow U.S., says Velayati

TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Velayati, a top advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, criticized on Sunday French President Emmanuel Macron over his tough stance toward Tehran, saying he should not blindly follow the U.S.