United Nations
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Iran pens letter to UN to clarify on seizure of UK oil tanker
TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has sent a letter to the UN Security Council to clarify on some issues relating to the recent seizure of UK-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Liberating Golan from Israeli occupation a priority: Syrian envoy to UN
TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari said on Tuesday that the occupied Golan is an integral part of Syria and a right that cannot be prescribed.
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Iran envoy to UN:
Ending occupation only way to solve Palestine’s crisis
TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Caretaker of Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Es'hagh Al Habib dismissed the US’ attempts to buy the Palestinians' "honor, aspirations and dignity by money", saying that ending the occupation is the only solution to the crisis in Occupied Territories of Palestine.
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Zarif at UN meeting:
US sanctions greatest threat to sustainable development of Iran, neighbors
TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – In his address to the UN Economic and Social Council meeting Wed. the Iranian foreign minister said that US extraterritorial sanctions on Iran represent the greatest threat to the achievement of sustainable development goals of Iran and many of its neighbors.
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Haftar's ally UAE calls for peace in Libya
TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Interestingly the United Arab Emirates has called for peace in Libya while it has been supporting Khalifa Haftar and other terrorist groups in the country.
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Iranian diplomats, families living in New York face US travel curbs
TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – The United States has tightly restricted the travel of more than a dozen Iranian diplomats and their families living in New York, according to a US diplomatic note to sent to the Iran mission to the United Nations.
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World hunger is still not going down after three years and obesity is still growing – UN report
TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a row, says a new edition of the annual The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report released on Monday.
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US' limitations on Zarif in NY won't affect his work plan: FM spox
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Following the imposition of restrictions on Foreign Minister Zarif's commutes in New York by the US administration, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said such measures will not affect the minister's work plan.
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Zarif arrives in New York to attend UN meeting
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif landed in the American city of New York hours ago.
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FM Zarif leaves Tehran for New York
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran for New York on Saturday afternoon.
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Iranian judicial official:
US sanctions clear example of economic terrorism
TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Minister of Justice Mahmoud Abbassi has described the US sanctions as in violation of countries’ rights to economic development, adding that such sanctions are a clear example of economic terrorism.
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At 47th UNIDO session:
Iran raps US policies for impeding other countries’ development
TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iran criticized Mon. the United States’ policies in creating hurdles in the path of other countries’ sustainable development.
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Belgian UN envoy:
Ditching JCPOA not to create better situation
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve regretted US unilateral pullout from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and said that killing JCPOA will not create a better situation.
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New UNDP representative in Iran Claudio Providas meets with Zarif
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif received on Tuesday the new UNDP president representative in Iran Claudio Providas for a meeting.
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Iran UN envoy:
Iran’s downing of US drone according to Article 51 of UN Charter
TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – Iran’s downing of the US military drone that had violated the Iranian airspace was in compliance of the Article 51 of the UN Charter, said Iran’s permanent envoy to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi.
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Iran to take US drone intrusion to UN: Zarif
TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif says Iran will take the case on US drone intrusion to UN and show that the US is lying about international waters.
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Iran UN envoy:
US accusations against Iran on Afghanistan, ‘unfounded’
TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s permanent envoy to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that US accusations against Iran on trying to create instability in Afghanistan are unfounded.
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UN report sees 'credible evidence' linking Saudi crown prince to Khashoggi murder
TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other senior Saudi officials should be investigated over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi since there is credible evidence they are liable for his death, a UN rights investigator said on Wednesday.
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UN chief calls for independent probe into suspicious PG tanker attacks
TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced a Thursday incident involving two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman, calling for in an independent investigation to establish those responsible for the attacks.
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FM Zarif, UN Undersecretary-General Meet in Bishkek
TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with Rosemary A. DiCarlo, the UN Undersecretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek.
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US must end false flag operations in region: Iran UN mission
TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – Following US’ unfounded accusations against Iran regarding the attack on two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman, the Iranian mission to the UN has called on US and regional allies to stop false flag operations in the region.
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Iran to host 1st Asia Pacific Innovation Forum
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – The 1st Asia Pacific Innovation Forum will be held on June 10-12 at Iran International Conference Center, Tehran.
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UN General Assembly chooses non-permanent Security Council members for 2020-2021
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Niger, Tunisia, Vietnam, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Estonia were elected non-permanent UN Security Council members for 2020-2021, UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa has announced.
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Syria urges UNSC to condemn terrorist attacks on safe civilians
TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) – Syria has called on Security Council and UN Secretary-General to immediately condemn the terrorist attacks that target safe civilians, stressing that these attacks will not affect Syria stance in combating terrorism and working to restore security and stability to the Syrian people.
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UNSC to discuss res. 2231 implementation on June 26: official
TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) – Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi, President of the Security Council for the month of June 2019, said that the Council will hold a meeting on June 26, 2019, to discuss the implementation of Resolution 2231.
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185,000 Afghan refugees voluntarily return to their country from Iran
TEHRAN, Jun. 03 (MNA) – The Afghanistan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations has said that as many as 185,000 Afghan refugees have voluntarily returned to their country from Iran over the past 5 months.
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VIDEO: Iran urges UNSC to put aside ‘political considerations’, be more serious in protecting civilians
TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – “The Council can show its seriousness in protecting civilians – which is a legal obligation and a moral imperative as well –, by putting an end to a policy based on political considerations,” Iranian Ambassador to UN, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said on Thursday while addressing the Thursday meeting of the United Nations Security Council on ‘Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict’ in New York. Here is his full speech as broadcasted by UN Web TV.
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Iran's UN envoy:
Trump’s anti-Iran remarks witness to his animosity towards Iranian nation
TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to UN, Majid Takht-Ravanchi has condemned the US president’s recent anti-Iran remarks as a witness to Trump's unlimited hostility towards the great nation of Iran.
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Iran censures UNSC for being silent towards killing of civilians
TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to UN, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, criticized the United Nations Security Council silence in face of the killing of civilians in different regions of the world, especially in the Middle East.
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UN voices concern over rising tensions between US, Iran
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – The United Nations has expressed concern about the US' increasingly confrontational rhetoric with Iran and called for calm.
