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2022-02-19 19:30
Tourism has unique ability to promote peace everywhere: UNWTO chief
TEHRAN – World Tourism Organization secretary-general on Friday said tourism has a unique ability to promote peace between and among peoples everywhere.
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2022-02-16 19:05
Iran ready to contribute to UN peacekeeping operations: ambassador
TEHRAN - Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has reiterated Iran’s readiness to contribute to the UN peacekeeping operations logistically and militarily.
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2022-02-13 17:45
Biden under fire for “theft” of Afghan’s frozen assets
TEHRAN- Afghans have staged protests against a decision by the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to use $3.5 billion dollars of their country’s frozen assets to help settle lawsuits by the families of 9/11 victims.
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2022-01-31 18:27
Iran senior diplomat discusses Yemen with UN envoy
TEHRAN - Ali Asghar Khaji, senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister, has held talks via a video conference with Hans Grundberg, the UN secretary general’s special envoy for Yemen.
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2022-01-30 18:55
UN calls grow for independent probe into Saudi massacre in Yemen
TEHRAN- The Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), citing preliminary figures says the airstrikes last week by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen that hit a detention facility in the northern city of Sa’ada, killed some 91 people and injured hundreds of others.
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2022-01-28 21:33
Iran calls for cessation of military operations in Yemen
TEHRAN — A senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister for special political affairs sent a message on Thursday to Hans Grundberg, the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General for Yemen, calling on the UN and all international humanitarian agencies to take urgent action to stop the heinous crimes going on in Yemen.
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2022-01-28 18:46
Iran FM, UN chief hold phone talks
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Thursday exchanged views with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the developments in the West Asia region, including the latest situation in Yemen and Afghanistan, as well as the process of the Vienna talks.
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2022-01-24 19:59
Iran regains voting rights at UN: ambassador
TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has announced that the country has regained its right to vote at the UN after paying delinquent dues.
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2022-01-23 21:31
Iran to regain UN vote after dues paid with frozen funds
TEHRAN — Iran is expected to regain its vote in the United Nations General Assembly after South Korea paid Tehran’s delinquent dues to the United Nations with Iranian funds frozen in the country, Seoul says.
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2022-01-22 19:00
UN Holocaust resolution is Zionist abuse of international mechanisms: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Friday reacted to a resolution on the Holocaust by the United Nations General Assembly, saying the resolution has nothing to do with Iran.
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2022-01-16 22:25
Iran FM meets UN envoy for Syria
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has met with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen.
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2022-01-16 18:14
Iran diplomat meets UN, Norwegian officials
TEHRAN – Ali Asghar Khaji, the Iranian foreign minister’s senior advisor for special political affairs, met on Saturday with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Norway’s special envoy for Yemen Kjersti Tromsdal.
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2022-01-14 21:56
Bans blocking Iran to pay UN dues to get its vote back: official
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman addressed the suspension of Iran’s right to vote in the United Nations.
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2022-01-10 17:31
UN official calls for enhanced environmental cooperation with Iran
TEHRAN - UN Resident Coordinator in Iran, Stefan Priesner, has called for boosting cooperation with Iran in the field of environment.
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2021-12-22 17:06
UN to cut food aid to Yemen due to lack of funds
TEHRAN - The World Food Programme has said it has been “forced” to cut aid to Yemen due to a lack of funds and warned there will be a surge in hunger in the war-torn country in the coming months.
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2021-12-22 00:06
UNSC must compel Israel to stop aggression on Syria: Iran
TEHRAN –Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi has called on the UN Security Council to pressure Israel into stopping its attacks on Syria.
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2021-12-18 21:21
UN human rights resolution is unconstructive: Iranian diplomat
TEHRAN - Zahra Ershadi, Iran’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, on Friday described human rights resolution against Iran at the UN as “unconstructive”.
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2021-12-17 21:04
Iran FM, UN chief discuss Vienna talks
TERHAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has spoken over the phone with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to discuss the latest status of Vienna talks and some other issues of mutual interest.
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2021-12-14 21:21
UN chief calls on U.S. to lift sanctions on Iran based on JCPOA
TEHRAN — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the United States to lift or waiver the sanctions on Iran in accordance to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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2021-12-11 21:38
UN okays Iran’s membership in atomic radiation committee
TEHRAN - The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved Iran’s full membership in the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), Press TV reported.
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2021-12-08 23:18
Diplomat warns against ‘dangerous’ acts of piracy targeting Iranian oil at sea
TEHRAN - An Iranian diplomat to the UN issued a stern warning on Tuesday against acts of piracy targeting tankers carrying Iran’s oil at sea, urging the international community to condemn such “unlawful acts” that endanger freedom of navigation.
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2021-12-08 16:19
UN decries “disastrous” human rights for Palestinians
TEHRAN - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has strongly condemned Israeli violations of Palestinian rights, describing their situation as disastrous, with severe infringements occurring that are affecting the lives of millions of Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation.
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2021-12-05 21:36
Iran, UN hold talks on Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Abbas Araghchi met on Sunday with Mette Knudsen, the deputy special representative for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
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2021-12-01 20:39
Iran urges UN to counter U.S. unilateralism as UN marks 67th anniversary
TEHRAN — Speaking on the anniversary of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations on Wednesday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Hassan Sheikholeslami said the UN should counter United States’ extraterritorial moves in violations of the UN Charter.
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2021-11-30 19:08
Iran has entered Vienna talks in good faith, Iran FM tells UN chief
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and UN Secretary General António Guterres have held talks over the phone about regional and international issues including the developments in Afghanistan and the nuclear talks in Vienna.
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2021-11-24 18:12
UN warns of catastrophic Yemen death toll
TEHRAN - The United Nations has warned that should the war on Yemen continue until the end of 2021, the death toll from the conflict will reach 377,000 lives with 154,000 as a result of direct combat and violence and 223,000 – or nearly 60 per cent – indirectly caused by the conflict. The report says of the total deaths, 259,000 – nearly 70 per cent of total conflict-attributable deaths – are children younger than five years old.
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2021-11-22 21:33
By Mohammad Mazhari
Western powers weaponizing UN against Third World: professor
TEHRAN – A professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law says the United Nations has turned into a tool in the hands of Western powers in pressing the Third World, particularly Muslim nations.
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2021-11-19 23:18
UN affirms resolution on permanent sovereignty of Palestine over occupied lands
TEHRAN – At a UN General Assembly meeting on Thursday, 157 countries voted in favor of a draft resolution on the permanent sovereignty of Palestine over the occupied territories.
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2021-11-19 17:52
By Afshin Majlesi
Discover enigmatic Lut Desert for soaking up the sun this winter
TEHRAN – As the temperatures begin to drop, many avid vacationers seize the opportunity with open arms. On the one hand, winter is welcomed by skiers and snowboarders and on the other by those who want to escape the cold to soak up the sun.
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2021-11-17 21:22
Sanctions ‘must be applied only as last resort,” Iran’s envoy to UN notes
Iran reprimands sanctions as ‘blunt and blind instruments’
TEHRAN - Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN on Tuesday censured the use of sanctions as “blunt and blind instruments” to exert pressure on countries.