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Majlis: IAEA resolution proof of structural discrimination within UN nuclear watchdog
Jun 21, 2020 07:59The majority of lawmakers at Majlis (parliament) have denounced an anti-Iran resolution recently passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors, saying the document is another indication of "structural discrimination" within the UN atomic watchdog.
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UN warns aid flights could collapse in July
Jun 19, 2020 09:29The United Nations warned Friday that its humanitarian logistics flights could be largely grounded in July due to a lack of funds -- severely compromising global aid operations.
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Iran says ready to work with new members of UNSC
Jun 19, 2020 02:56Iran’s Foreign Ministry welcomed the election of India, Ireland, Mexico, and Norway as the new non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
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Over one percent of humanity displaced due to war, persecution: UN
Jun 18, 2020 09:57More than one percent of the world's population - a record 80 million people - have now been forced to flee their homes due to violence and persecution, the UN said Thursday.
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Tehran renews warning to UN nuclear watchdog as EU, US launch anti-Iran push
Jun 18, 2020 08:04Iran has warned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against failing to “exercise prudence” as its Board of Governors is expected to discuss a European-drafted resolution pushing for intrusive inspections of Iranian nuclear sites.
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Iran backs emergency UN human rights meeting on George Floyd’s murder
Jun 18, 2020 02:47The Foreign Ministry voices support for a two-day emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva addressing the brutal murder of an African-American citizen by a Minneapolis police officer last month and the broader issue of racism in the United States that has been fueling such atrocities.
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Iran, Russia, China denounce US sanctions targeting war-ravaged Syrian economy
Jun 17, 2020 06:24Iran, Russia and China have censured the US for imposing new illegal economic sanctions on Syria, which Washington says are designed to put more pressure on the war-ravage country’s economy and prevent Damascus from achieving victory in the fight against foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists.
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Yemen slams removal of Saudi-led coalition from UN blacklist of child-killers as ‘ineffaceable crime’
Jun 16, 2020 07:48A member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council has sharply censured the United Nations over its decision to remove the Saudi-led coalition from a blacklist for killing and injuring children in the conflict-plagued Arab country, saying the crime that cannot be effaced from its record.
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President warns of Iran’s reaction to arms embargo extension
Jun 15, 2020 01:51President Hassan Rouhani described the lifting of a UN arms embargo on Iran as a significant achievement of the 2015 nuclear deal, warning that any US push to extend the embargo will draw Tehran’s reaction.
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Abbas demands higher-level Security Council meeting on Israel’s annexation plans in West Bank
Jun 14, 2020 01:39Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for the forthcoming United Nations Security Council meeting to be held at a higher level, with foreign ministers in attendance instead of representatives, when it convenes later this month to discuss Israel’s controversial plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.