United Nations

After failure at UN, US says will work to hinder arms trades with Iran with its own action

Sep 17, 2020 03:17

Following a humiliating failure at the UN Security Council to secure an extension of the arms embargo against Iran, the United States has threatened to use its “secondary” sanctions to block any arms trades with Tehran after the expiry of the UN ban next month.
Iranian diplomat, UN envoy discuss Syria developments

Sep 17, 2020 01:45

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister in special political affairs held talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen on the latest situation in the Arab country.
US only after destroying Iran econ., ruining lives, UN court told

Sep 17, 2020 00:49

Iran’s legal advisor in the country’s ongoing complaint to the United Nations’ top court over US sanctions warns the tribunal about Washington’s exclusively destructive ambitions towards Tehran.
Rouhani congratulates nation on assured victory against US over sanctions snapback

Sep 16, 2020 09:14

President Hassan Rouhani says the United States has suffered a “humiliating defeat” in its push to trigger the so-called snapback mechanism, saying this weekend — the date when Washington claims the UN sanctions will be reinstated against Tehran — will mark a victory for the Iranian nation.
UN war crimes panel urges Turkey to rein in allied militants in N Syria

Sep 16, 2020 07:02

A panel of United Nations war crimes investigators has called on Turkey to rein in allied militants in northern Syria, who may have committed a range of war crimes against civilians, including hostage-taking, rape and torture.
UN registers sharp spike in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian houses

Sep 11, 2020 10:27

The United Nations (UN)’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that there has been a sharp increase in the number of Palestinian houses being demolished by the illegal Zionist entity in West Bank during the coronavirus pandemic.
UN on Saudi Khashoggi ruling: Punishment doesn’t fit the crime

Sep 09, 2020 01:53

The United Nations has condemned the disproportion between a Saudi court ruling on the 2018 assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the enormity of the crime.
Iranian diplomat meets Afghan, UN officials in Kabul

Sep 09, 2020 01:33

Ebrahim Taherian, a special assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister in Afghan affairs, held extensive negotiations with senior Afghan officials and with the UN chief’s special representative for Afghanistan during a visit to Kabul.
WHO officials congratulate China on 20-day streak of zero local COVID-19 cases

Sep 08, 2020 11:45

Several senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Monday congratulated China on a 20-day streak of zero locally transmitted cases on the mainland.
Iran calls on WHO to make efforts to end the illegitimate US sanctions

Sep 08, 2020 11:40

Health Minister Saeed Namaki has written to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief, asking for global efforts towards ending America’s “unilateral and illegitimate” sanctions against Iranians amid a deadly coronavirus pandemic.