UN Security Council

Formation of Syria-led constitutional committee a national success: envoy

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari said on Monday that the formation of the constitutional committee and agreement on the references and the bases of its work which is owned and led by Syria, away from any foreign intervention, was a national success that overcame all obstacles put by countries hostile to Syria.
2019-10-01 09:09
Iranian deputy FM condemns S. Arabia for trying to distract attention from Yemen bombing

TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – Gholamhossein Dehghani, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, has said that the child-killer regime of Saudi Arabia is trying to deflect attention from Yemen bombing.
2019-09-30 21:34
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
Syria condemns foreign attempts to 'recycle' terrorist groups

TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari, said on Thursday that the attempts of some countries that support terrorist organizations to “recycle them” and present them as “moderate armed opposition” will not affect Syria’s stance in defending its citizens and fighting terrorism.
2019-08-30 10:35
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
Pakistan calls for urgent UN Security Council meeting on Kashmir

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Pakistan Tuesday formally called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security council over India's decision to revoke the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a flashpoint in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
2019-08-14 13:09
Venezuela to address UN Security Council over US blockade threat: Maduro

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – Caracas wants to address the UN Security Council to draw their attention to US threats to impose a blockade on Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday.
2019-08-03 12:32
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.
2019-07-24 21:19
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.
2019-07-24 12:22
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.
2019-07-24 09:28
FM adviser:

'Long time passed since time clocks were set to UK time in PG'

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – “It’s been a long time since the clocks were set to UK time in the Persian Gulf,” Adviser to the Iranian Foreign Minister Behzad Saberi tweeted on Monday.
2019-07-22 12:54
Iran ready for talks if sanctions lifted, bullying behaviour abandoned: Rouhani

TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says that if the United States lifts the sanctions and ends its bullying behavior, Iran is ready for negotiations.
2019-07-14 22:12
Israeli aggression aimed at prolonging terrorist war in Syria: Syrian FM

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Foreign and Expatriates Ministry affirmed that the Israeli heinous aggression on Syrian territories on early Monday has come in the framework of Israeli continued attempts to prolong span of the crisis in Syria and the terrorist war against the country.
2019-07-02 18:22
Why Europe cannot use ‘snap back’ mechanism against Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Europe cannot use the so-called snapback mechanism stipulated in the 2015 nuclear deal to renew United Nations sanctions against Iran. An international lawyer, Reza Nasri, gives fives reasons why.
2019-07-02 14:18
Iran sends complaint letter over US drone invasion to UN

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has sent a letter of complaint over the US spy drone invasion to the UN Security Council, the ministry’s deputy FM Gholam Hossein Dehghani said Saturday.
2019-06-29 11:35
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
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
UNSC meeting on tanker attack in Oman Sea ends with no results

TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – The closed meeting of UN Security Council on the recent attacks on two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman wrapped up on Thursday with no conclusions.
2019-06-14 11:04
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.
2019-06-08 21:12
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.
2019-06-04 16:50
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.
2019-06-04 12:39
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 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
VIDEO: Terrorist control over Idlib endangers civilian lives, says Iran envoy

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Majid Takht-e Ravanchi warned that continued terrorist presence in the Syrian territory is endangering civilian lives. He made the remarks on Friday at the meeting of the UN Security Council on ‘the Middle East: Syria – Humanitarian’. (Source: UN Web TV)
2019-05-18 16:28
US must end its military presence in Syria: Iran

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Majid Takht-e Ravanchi urged Washington to withdraw forces from Syria.
2019-05-18 10:09
Iran UN envoy:

US effort to misuse UN resolution 2231 are doomed to failure

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Iran’s UN Ambassador Majid Takht-e Ravanchi said on Thursday that US attempt to misuse UNSC Resolution 2231 will go nowhere.
2019-05-02 13:08
Iran says US barriers to implement UNSC res. 2231 ‘destructive, hypocritical’

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations condemned US efforts to force others to violate UN Security Council resolution 2231, saying that the US policy is ‘truly a destructive and hypocritical’.
2019-05-02 10:52
Iran calls on UNSC to force Israel into ending occupation

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Iran’s UN ambassador has censured the Security Council for its continued inaction in the face of the Israeli’s territorial violations and the US unreserved support for the regime.
2019-04-30 09:11