UN General Assembly

Parliament condemns anti-Iranian UNGA resolution

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament condemned the United Nation General Assembly resolution against Iran which claims the violation of human rights in the country.
2018-12-19 16:59
Saudis plotting for sabotage activities in Iran

TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – In a letter to the UN Security Council, Iran’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Es'hagh Al Habib said Saudis are plotting to wage sabotage activities in Iran, urging the international community to stop them.
2018-12-01 10:08
Al-Jaafari calls on UN to vote against Saudi draft resolution on Syria

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (MNA) – Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari reiterated call on the member states to vote against the Saudi draft resolution on the human rights situation in Syria, urging them to stand their ground in the face of Saudi intimidation and cajolery tactics.
2018-11-17 10:02
Iran asks intl. community to stand against US arbitrary acts

TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo said there is no precedent for a permanent member of the Security Council to punish other members of the United Nations for compliance with the Council’s resolutions.
2018-11-17 10:00
Instrumental use of human rights, intl. mechanisms denounced

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi strongly condemned the instrumental use of human rights and international mechanisms by some Western countries, the Zionist regime and regional reactionary regimes.
2018-11-16 14:16
Constitution is a sovereign affair decided by Syrian people: Al-Muallem

DAMASCUS, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Muallem on Wednesday received UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and the accompanying delegation.
2018-10-24 16:09
Iranian envoy says 'achieving JCPOA was inconceivable'

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador in London Hamid Baeidinejad described JCPOA a precise agreement and the result of a two-and-a-half years of constant efforts and unimaginable to be achieved.
2018-10-17 09:25
Iran UN envoy:

US unilateralism core problem of nuke disarmament

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iran’s UN envoy Es’hagh Al Habib said Mon. that the core problem of nuclear disarmament is unilateralism, in particular the unilateral nuclear actions and policies of the United States.
2018-10-16 09:09
NAM representative:

Imposing sanctions needs tenable legal grounds

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Representative of Non-Aligned Movement, Ali Nasimfar, said at a UNGA session Fri. that objectives of sanctions are not to punish the populace, calling for clearly defined objectives based on tenable legal grounds.
2018-10-13 11:17
By Hamed Z. Qadim:

Fear of globalization

TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Fear of transformation of identity is the common feeling in most of Western countries as it once was the common feeling of the under developed nations.
2018-10-12 16:06
Iran UN envoy:

US penalizing nations for ‘abiding’ by UNSC resolution

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations said US is penalizing nations across the entire world, not for violating a Security Council resolution, but for abiding by it.
2018-10-10 09:46
NAM voices concern over continuing encroachment by UNSC

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Speaking on behalf of Non-Aligned Movement, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Es’hagh Al Habib said that the movement expresses concern over the continuing encroachment by the UN Security Council.
2018-10-09 14:24
Al-Jaafari:

Presence of foreign forces in Syrian territories illegitimate

NEW YORK, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari affirmed on Monday that the presence of foreign forces in Syrian territories is illegitimate and violates UN principles and conventions, urging their immediate leave.
2018-10-09 10:04
FM Zarif returns home from New York trip

TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign minister, who had traveled to New York to accompany President Rouhani at the 73rd Session of UN General Assembly, landed in Tehran Saturday night.
2018-10-06 22:57
By: Martin Love

Banality and crudeness on display in Washington

TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – The latest turn in attention in the US in recent days has been somewhat away from imperial pretensions and overreach, sanctions on other countries, threats of attacks on Syria (and Iran) and any other country, including even Venezuela, that fails to bow to US demands, whatever they may be.
2018-10-04 00:23
UN scene of Iran’s diplomacy success, US isolation

TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the United States has suffered a great failure in what it has started against Iran since January.
2018-10-03 15:06
Dollar usage in bilateral trade ‘in decline’: FM Zarif

TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif said Washington’s use of the sanctions regime has decreased the dollar usage in bilateral trade, adding that as such, the role of the dollar has waned in the global financial system.
2018-10-03 09:35
Iran oil minister holds Trump responsible for rising oil prices

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – The Iranian oil minister has blamed the US President Donald Trump for the hike in oil prices, adding that OPEC is unable to increase oil production at Trump’s request.
2018-10-02 20:53
Deputy FM:

Some members misuse OIC to pursue their foreign policy goals

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Deputy foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehghani said some members of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), by resorting to their financial resources, try to pursue their foreign policy goals through this organization.
2018-10-02 11:08
By: Hanif Ghaffari

Washington's isolation and dual game of Paris

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – The United Nations General Assembly's meeting in New York uncovered Washington's isolation in the international system even more than before. The unilateralism of the United States and its illegal approach towards international agreements (e.g. its withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) were criticized by our president at the UN.
2018-10-01 11:09
Zarif says oil deal with Europeans is close despite US threats

TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that Iran is closing on an agreement to sell oil to European countries despite the United States’ threats of imposing sanctions against countries that do business with Iran.
2018-09-30 18:13
American author:

Trump is accelerating the decline of American empire

TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – American author Max Blumenthal says Trump's UN speech was a deliberate show of contempt for multilateral institutions, adding that with his "America First" posturing, Trump is actually accelerating the decline of American empire.
2018-09-30 16:28
How did Netanyahu bring fame to Turquzabad?

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – After the Israeli Prime minister accused Iran of hiding nuclear material at a secret warehouse in Turquzabad, a village in the south of the capital Tehran, Iranians have taken to social media ridiculing Netanyahu’s false accusations.
2018-09-29 21:45
In an interview with Al-Monitor:

Zarif says US 'obsession' with Iran is backfiring everywhere

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Donald Trump administration's 'obsession' with Iran is backfiring throughout the region.
2018-09-29 16:34
Lavrov:

US presence in Syria illegal, violates UN resolutions

NEW YORK, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov said that Western states are working to topple legitimate governments and replace international reference points to achieve their own political interests.
2018-09-29 15:18
By: Syed Zafar Mehdi

How Trump became laughing stock at UN

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump took the podium of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday and delivered a bombastic speech that drew mocking laughter from the world leaders. In his characteristic foolhardy manner, Trump rejected the ideology of globalism and denounced multilateralism, forgetting that he was speaking from the stage of the global body that endorses both globalism and multilateralism. But, we can expect that from the man with foot-in-mouth syndrome.
2018-09-29 12:30
Germany says to maintain economic exchange with Iran

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Germany’s address to the UN General Assembly session on Friday included the country’s support for the Iran nuclear deal after US withdrawal, and efforts to keep trade transactions with Iran despite US sanctions.
2018-09-29 11:15
Zarif: No plan to meet Kerry in NY

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that he has no plans to meet with former US Secretary of States John Kerry in New York.
2018-09-29 10:37
All of Zarif’s sideline Fri. meetings in New York

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had a busy schedule in New York on Friday, meeting with counterparts and other notable international figures on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
2018-09-29 09:03
Trump is a bully: ex-White House official

TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – Professor Frank N. von Hippel, former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology says that Trump is a bully, and believes that the United States as the strongest country should be free to bully other countries.
2018-09-28 18:35