Majid Takht-Ravanchi

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.
2019-12-06 11:41
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.
2019-11-26 08:57
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.
2019-11-20 09:49
“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.
2019-11-19 09:32
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.
2019-10-07 11:42
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.
2019-09-29 17:23
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.
2019-09-28 22:08
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.
2019-09-28 18:31
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.
2019-09-21 10:00
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.
2019-09-11 10:10
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.
2019-09-11 09:47
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).
2019-09-10 11:02
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.
2019-08-21 09:00
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.
2019-08-07 09:33
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.
2019-08-02 12:52
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.
2019-07-10 17:49
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.
2019-07-10 08:42
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.
2019-07-01 09:23
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.
2019-06-30 09:30
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.
2019-06-26 21:54
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.
2019-06-25 08:59
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.
2019-06-21 13:13
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.
2019-06-20 14:46
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.
2019-06-19 12:22
Iran supports right of Syrian gov. to fight terrorists

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – “In line with international law, Iran supports the inherit right of the Syrian government to fight terrorists designated by the Security Council,” said Iranian ambassador to the UN, Majid Takht-Ravanchi.
2019-06-19 10:53
Iran's UN amb.:

The US policy of maximum pressure against Iran has failed

TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – The Iranian ambassador to the UN, Majid Takht Ravanchi, wrote in a piece for the Washington Post that a group of hard-liners are pushing President Trump toward confrontation with Iran by presenting “fake intelligence” to “prove” that Iran is responsible for all of the Middle East’s problems.
2019-05-25 10:50
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.
2019-05-24 14:49
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.
2019-05-24 12:36
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.
2019-05-24 11:25
UN envoy:

Iran will never choose war, but entitled to self-defense

TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – In a letter to UN Security Council, Iran has warned about the recent alarming security situation in the Persian Gulf region, saying that while it will never choose war as an option, the country is entitled to self-defense.
2019-05-21 10:28