Majid Takht-Ravanchi
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US should respect Iraq’s decision, withdraw forces: Iran envoy
TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi urged Washington to respect the Iraqi Parliament's decision and withdraw its forces from the country.
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Iran envoy urges UN to be more explicit in countering US offences
TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi on Thu. urged the United States to adopt more explicit stance in dealing with US offenses.
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Iran reserves right to self-defense against any threats: UN envoy
TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Islamic Republic reserves the right to self-defense against any threat, following the US assassination of a top Iranian commander.
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"The response for a military action is a military action”: Takht-Ravanchi
TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that the United States has ignited a military war that will be responded by Iran's military action.
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Iranian diplomat:
US’ anti-Iran accusations aim at distracting from 17 years of occupation
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said on Wednesday that Washington is making accusations against Iran to cover up its brutal massacre of Iraqi people.
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Iran UN envoy:
US anti-Iran sanctions aimed at collectively punishing ordinary people
TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi has censured the US sanctions against different sectors of the Iranian economy, including oil and banking sectors, arguing that the measures are negatively affecting the daily lives of millions of ordinary people.
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Iran determined to continue its space, missile program: Takht Ravanchi
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi refuted some European countries’ claims about Iran’s missile program highlighting that Tehran is determined to boost its missile and space programs.
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Iran urges reforms in UNSC to solve legitimacy crisis
TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi warned that the UN Security Council is facing a legitimacy and credibility crisis that has to be addressed through reforms.
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US, Israeli regime main hurdles in establishing WMD-free zone in ME: Ravanchi
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – Iran envoy to the United Nations said that policies of the Israeli regime and the United States are preventing the establishment of a WMD-free zone in the Middle East.
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“WMD has no place in our national defense doctrine”: UN envoy
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Iran envoy to the United Nations said that weapons of mass destruction have no place in the country’s defense doctrine and that Iran is ready to cooperate with regional states to establish a WMD free zone in the Middle East.
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Zarif refutes rumors of bio-terror attack on Iran envoy Takht-Ravanchi
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif rejected rumors of biological terror attack against Iran envoy to UN Majid Takht-Ravanchi, adding that he is undergoing cancer treatment in New York.
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Amir-Abdollahian calls US officials ‘uncivilized’ for blocking Zarif from visiting ill colleague
TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Parliamentary Director General for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian condemned Washington’s bans on Foreign Minister Zarif which prevented him from visiting his ill colleague hospitalized in New York.
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Zarif says was able to speak to Iran's UN envoy 'thanks to technology'
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said he could not visit Iran's ambassador to the United Nation in hospital in New York due to the US restrictions.
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Takht-Ravanchi to be back in office soon: Iranian diplomat
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – Head of Media office at the Iranian Mission to the United Nations Alireza Miryousefi announced on social media network that Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi will be back to the office in the near future.
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Iran refutes US repeated allegations against space, missile activities
TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) – Iran's ambassador to the UN has rejected the US "baseless accusations" against the Islamic Republic's space and ballistic missile activities, saying Washington is resorting to a “maximum deception” campaign in dealing with Tehran.
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Any nontransparent peace negotiation for Afghanistan doomed to fail: Iran
TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s UN envoy said that any peace process for Afghanistan should be “UN-facilitated, Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled” and that any unilateral method is doomed to failure.
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Iran position on talks won’t change with White House reshuffles: UN envoy
TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – As long as US’ economic terrorism is in place, there is no room for talks between Tehran and Washington, Iran’s UN envoy Majid Takht-Ravanchi said in reaction to John Bolton’s ouster last night.
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Washington policies ‘in gross violation’ of NPT: Iran tells UN
TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations said that Washington’s refusal to come under a comprehensive nuclear arms control regime and its intention to resume testing of nuclear weapons is in breach of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
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Foreign forces sowing insecurity in region: Iran's UN envoy
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations says the presence of foreign forces in the region is sowing insecurity and instability in the Strait of Hormuz, reiterating that the responsibility to ensure the security of the Persian Gulf falls upon its littoral states.
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Iran expects UN to stand against US’ ‘unlawful’ sanctions on FM Zarif
TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – Iran’s mission to the United Nations wrote a letter to the body’s Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, highlighting that new US sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif is unlawful and a threat to multilateralism.
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Sanctions unable to silence Zarif’s persuasive language: Takht-Ravanchi
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) – The US sanction on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will not be able to silence Zarif’ eloquent language, says Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takhte-Ravanchi.
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VIDEO: Iran UN envoy criticizes Europeans for not honouring JCPOA commitments
TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – In an interview with the BBC World Service, Iran's permanent representative to the UN said European powers "are not honouring their commitments' under the 2015 nuclear deal. Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that that the leaders of the UK, France and Germany had promised last year to compensate for Iran's losses after the US unilateral withdrawal from the accord and reinstating the economic sanctions.
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Iran UN envoy:
US intelligence service closely cooperating with MKO terrorists
TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the anti-Iran terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), supported by some regional and European countries, is working closely with the US intelligence service in a bid to plunge Iran into chaos.
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VIDEO: Diplomat says Europeans ‘slow’ in establishing INSTEX
TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Iranian envoy to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that European countries were slow in establishing the financial mechanism (INSTEX) for continuing trade with Iran. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, the Iranian diplomat noted that this mechanism is not sufficient to cover Iran's trade transactions with EU.
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INSTEX 'a beautiful vehicle without fuel': envoy
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Iran's ambassador to the United Nations noted Saturday that the EU-proposed financial mechanism, INSTEX, is ‘not enough’ and is like a beautiful vehicle without fuel.
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Iran will not be burdened with preserving nuclear deal: UN envoy
TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – Iran’s United Nations envoy described his country’s nuclear deal with world powers as being in a “critical condition” and warned “Iran alone cannot, shall not and will not take all of the burdens anymore to preserve” the JCPOA.
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Envoy slams new US sanctions on Iran topmost officials as ‘economic terrorism’
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Iran's ambassador to the UN said the US’ new sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s topmost authorities reflect Washington’s disrespect for the international law, urging the US to stop its economic terrorism.
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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 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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VIDEO: Iranian diplomat warns of Idlib turning into ‘safe haven’ for terrorists
TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Iranian ambassador to the UN, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said that terrorist groups cannot and should not be allowed to continue their control over a large part of a sovereign state’s territory, otherwise Idlib will certainly turn to a safe haven for the cruelest terrorists to continue conducting their operations and to kill more civilians inside and outside of Idlib.