United Nations

President Rouhani: US attempts to isolate Iran at UN only backfired

Sep 27, 2018 16:39

Back home from New York, President Hassan Rouhani says Washington's attempts to advance an anti-Iran agenda at the UN only backfired, stressing that this year's General Assembly session and related events further exposed the US's isolation on the world stage.
Venezuela’s Maduro rejects US interventionism in UN speech

Sep 27, 2018 10:16

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has rejected US interventionism in the Latin American country, saying Washington opposes Venezuelan independence and determined to stop it at all costs.
UN must act against deal breaking, lawlessness: Rouhani to Guterres

Sep 27, 2018 05:29

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani slams the US’s withdrawal from the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal, saying the United Nations should not allow any country to make a habit of breaching international commitments, especially those under Security Council resolutions.
Turkish President slams use of economic sanctions as ‘weapons’

Sep 26, 2018 10:17

Turkish President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan has used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to criticize the use of sanctions as “weapons” against countries in an implicit reference to the United States.
President Rouhani delivers his speech to UN General Assembly

Sep 25, 2018 17:16

President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday September 25 delivered his speech at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Irked by genocide report, Myanmar army chief says UN has no right to ‘interfere’

Sep 24, 2018 10:45

Striking a defiant tone, Myanmar’s army chief says the United Nations has no right to meddle in his country’s “internal" issues, a week after the world body’s investigators called for him and fellow top generals to stand trial for “genocide” against minority Rohingya Muslims.
British government must stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia: Corbyn

Sep 24, 2018 05:22

Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that the British government must stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia to help bring an end to the brutal war in Yemen.
Rouhani arrives in New York for UN General Assembly

Sep 24, 2018 04:22

President Hassan Rouhani arrives in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where, he says, the Islamic Republic intends to make a point of adverting to the US’s violations and defining Tehran’s regional and international policies.
Iran's envoy urges UN to take tough stance on Israel’s nuclear threat

Sep 20, 2018 10:18

Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshrou called on the international community, specially the UN, to take a stricter stance against the unbalanced measures and nuclear threat posed by the Israeli regime.
UN: Myanmar generals should face genocide charges

Sep 18, 2018 10:44

The United Nations (UN) has reiterated its call for the prosecution of Myanmar’s top military officials for what the international body has conclusively decided is genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority group.