U.S. has resorted to 'maximum deception' against Iran: UN envoy

TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the United States’ campaign of “maximum deception” is in line with Washington’s policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran.

U.S. fails to condemn Iran at UNSC over Aramco accusation

TEHRAN – The United States has failed to condemn Iran over Yemenis’ attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations at the UN Security Council.

Envoy calls Trump’s terror remarks against Iran ‘idiotic’ and show of ‘endless hostility’

TEHRAN - The Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations has hit out at U.S. President Donald Trump’s “idiotic” terror accusations, saying Tehran has been the biggest victim and strongest enemy of terrorism in the region, Press TV reported.

Anti-Iran consensus fails at UN 

TEHRAN – Attempts to bring the United Nations Security Council into a consensus against Iran’s missile tests failed to achieve the desired conclusion sought by the U.S., France and Britain.

U.S. cornered at UN, Rouhani says

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the U.S. achieved nothing at the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council’s meetings.

Zarif: U.S. finds itself ‘further isolated’ 

TEHRAN – In a tweet on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said U.S. President Donald Trump “abused” the UN Security Council by chairing the body.

Zarif on Trump plan to chair UN council meeting: #chutzpah 

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reacted strongly to Washington’s announcement that President Donald Trump is going to chair the upcoming UN Security Council and use the opportunity against Iran.

By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh

Expert: Non-European trade partners better for Iran

TEHRAN - European countries have been looking to increase trade ties with Iran since the 5+1 countries and Iran struck a nuclear deal according to which Tehran agreed to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for termination of most economic sanctions.

UN rights body adopts 5 anti-Israel resolutions, urges arms embargo

In a major diplomatic blow to Israel, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) has adopted five resolutions against Tel Aviv, urging an international ban on arms sales to the regime over its atrocities in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Russia vetoes anti-Iran UN Security Council resolution

A UK-drafted resolution aimed at pressuring Iran over alleged weapons supplies to Yemeni fighters has failed at the UN Security Council.

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: 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”.

Rouhani says U.S. abusing UN Security Council

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Monday lashed out at the United States, saying the country is abusing the UN Security Council just because it has a permanent seat on it.

UN Security Council rebuffs the U.S. over Iran protests

The United Nations Security Council rebuffed the United States to use the protests in Iran as an excuse to undermine the nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

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”.

By M.A. Saki

Why is UN Security Council silent on genocide in Myanmar? 

Reports of violence against the Rohingya  Muslims in Myanmar are horrific. The minority group is being brutalized at the hands of military and civilians as well. The reports by rights groups and media outlets show that an ethnic cleansing is happening against the Rohingya.

By Mahmood Khaghani

Iran: Energy First

The recent UN Security Council meeting on Thursday, June 29, may have marked a turning point in Iran's relationship with the global community of nations. The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley found herself in an impossible position diplomatically. On the one hand she announced that the U.S. would adhere to the JCPOA deal while on the other hand when she criticised Iran's allegedly "destructive and destabilizing" actions she found virtually no support.

UN Security Council renews support for nuclear deal

TEHRAN – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday renewed support for Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, underscoring that Tehran has shown full commitment to the accord and the resolution supporting it.

By Andrew Hammond

There may be sensible method to the madness of team Trump's approach to North Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday that Washington is willing to open direct negotiations with North Korea aimed at removing nuclear weapons from the country. Tillerson’s intervention, at the UN Security Council, came as he warned that the threat of Pyongyang launching an atomic attack is “real”.

By Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of the Soviet Union

'It all looks as if the world is preparing for war'

The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be confused and at a loss.

 By Amir Idris

How the UN Security Council is perpetuating South Sudan’s conflict

The Security Council has failed to impose an arms embargo on the conflict-hit state.

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Russia opposes pressure on Iran for its missile program

Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Vladimir Safronkov has said that Russia is against any attempts “to make pressure on Iran in the aspect of its missile program or conventional arms sector”.

UN Security Council confirms Iran’s compliance with nuclear deal

The UN Security Council has confirmed that Iran has complied with the provisions of the historic nuclear deal with the P5+1 countries.

By Motasem A Dalloul

The Paris peace conference was like a funeral without a corpse

The conference held in Paris on Sunday looking at the Palestine-Israel conflict concluded with the usual final statement calling for Palestinian and Israeli commitment to the two-state solution; among other things it encouraged “meaningful” direct negotiations and called on both sides to “refrain from unilateral steps”. The conference was like a funeral with lots of mourners, but no corpse.

The United States has voiced its displeasure with Israeli settlements. Or has it?

It’s Official: America has two presidents at one time

What happens when the most powerful country in the world effectively has two presidents at once? Its policy regarding one of the most complex conflicts on the planet collapses into a muddled mess.

Iran to UN: U.S. will be responsible for consequences of JCPOA breach

TEHRAN - Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo has said that an implementation of the Iran Sanctions Act will be a violation of the JCPOA which the U.S. will be responsible for its negative consequences.