Iran demands UN intervention to end Israeli violence in West Asia

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has urged the UN Security Council to condemn Israel and take strong action against its harmful activities in the region. 

Pezeshkian to address UN next Sunday

TEHRAN – The Iranian President is scheduled to participate in the United Nations General Assembly in New York, delivering a speech during the event.

US envoy appeasing apartheid

“There is unfair amount of focus on Israel in UN”

The US Permanent Representative to the United Nations accused the UN of “inordinately over-focus” on Israel, which has killed more than 41,100 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October, saying that “there is an unfair amount of focus on Israel”.

Tehran demands UNSC condemnation of terrorist attack in Iran

TEHRAN- Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Iravani, has addressed the Security Council in a letter concerning a recent terrorist attack in Mirjaveh. 

Iran denies allegations of targeting critics abroad

TEHRAN- Iranian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has rejected claims that the Islamic Republic is plotting to assassinate its critics abroad, labeling these allegations as “fabricated” and attributing their origin to Israel and the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO) terrorist group.

UN expert warns against aiding ship carrying explosives to Israel

The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory has praised Namibia for “rightfully denying” port access to a ship reportedly carrying explosives to Israel.

UN slams Israel’s call to displace Palestinians from West Bank

The UN human rights office on Friday condemned an Israeli minister’s call to displace people from the West Bank, saying these statements only serve to escalate an already “very dire situation.”

UN’s Albanese: World is failing Palestinians

The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory has equated the world’s failure to protect Palestinians from Israeli atrocities to earlier failures in protecting victims during the genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia.

UN expert: Israel’s presence in a post-war Gaza legally wrong

The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory said “imagining Israel’s continued presence in “post-war” Gaza (where the scars of its genocide are indelible)” is “absolutely legally wrong”.

Iran's retaliation to be least expected for Israel: statement

TEHRAN- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations has announced that the Islamic Republic will strategically plan the timing and method of its response to the assassination of Hamas's political leader, Ismail Haniyeh.

UNHCR praises Iran's commitment to refugee welfare

TEHRAN- The officer overseeing the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iran has praised the nation for its generous hospitality towards refugees. 

UN: Over 80% of Gaza’s buildings destroyed

UN: Over 80% of Gaza’s buildings destroyed

Albanese: Unseat Israel from UN

A top United Nations human rights expert has called for Israel to lose its seat on the international body over a “criminal attack” on the institution’s Palestinian base, according to the Independent.

Iran acting FM asserts Israel is losing war in West Asia

TEHRAN – In an interview with Newsweek on Tuesday, acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri Kani asserted that Israel is losing its battle against the Axis of Resistance in West Asia.

Iran leads call for recognition of Zionism as racism at UN

TEHRAN – Iran has spearheaded a joint statement on behalf of multiple nations, calling for the recognition of Zionism as a form of racism, citing systematic human rights violations against Palestinians by the Israeli regime.

Iran calls on UN, human rights institutions to determine fate of kidnapped diplomats

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry has called on the United Nations and other human rights institutions to diligently follow up on the case of four Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982.

Iran sounds alarm on weaponization of ICT

TEHRAN - At a Security Council high-level debate on evolving threats in cyberspace, convened by the Republic of Korea, Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations acknowledged that while information and communications technology (ICT) presents numerous opportunities, it also introduces ever-evolving threats.

UN adds Israel to ‘list of shame’

Israel has been added to the United Nations’ “list of shame,” which is attached to an annual report submitted by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s office that documents rights violations against children in armed conflict.

UN warns of highest level of starvation in Gaza

If war continues unabated, more than one million Palestinians in Gaza could suffer the highest level of starvation by mid-July, according to a report by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

UN General Assembly offers condolences to Iran for death of President, FM

TEHRAN – The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) convened a plenary session on Thursday to express condolences to the Iranian government and people following the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.

International figures pay tribute to Iran's president and foreign minister

TEHERAN - Nearly 100 international figures, including ambassadors and top diplomats from the United Nations' member states, paid their respects to Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage at Iran's representative office in New York.

Intl. bodies hold minute’s silence for martyrdom of Iranian President, FM

Tehran– International organizations across the world observed a minute of silence on Monday and Tuesday in honor of the tragic passing of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.

UN official praises Iran's “exemplary” support for immigrants

TEHRAN - Lalini Veerasamy, the head of the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in Tehran, has expressed profound admiration for Iran's exceptional services provided to immigrants.

UN warns of 'apocalyptic' consequences of Gaza shortages

The stranglehold on aid reaching Gaza threatens an "apocalyptic" outcome, the UN humanitarian chief said on Sunday as he warned of famine in the besieged territory.

Israeli genocide in Rafah will spell another human disaster in region: FM

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian warned on Thursday that Israel’s plans to carry out a long-awaited all-out military offensive against Rafah, which is home to 1.5 million displaced Palestinians, would result in another human disaster in the region.

Iran has no regional proxies: envoy

TEHRAN- The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations disavowed claims leveled by the Israeli regime that Tehran has regional proxies by which it makes operations in the region, adding that such allegations are made to obscure and justify the Zionist regime’s acts of aggression and destabilizing measures.

UN: Gaza filled with more debris and rubble than Ukraine

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) says that the mammoth task of clearing Gaza’s debris is made all the more costly and dangerous by the sheer amount of asbestos and unexploded ordnance.

UN rights chief “troubled” by crackdown

The UN human rights chief says he’s “troubled” by heavy-handed tactics by US police during attempts to break up pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.