Int'l Relations

Iran requests UN Security Council meeting following Israeli assassination of Hezbollah chief

Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) following Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.

Iranian analyst: Israeli PM speech at UN ‘deceitful, shameful’

A renowned Iranian political analyst believes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday was a ‘deceitful and shameful display of playing the innocent.’

Iran president brings home over 1,100 millennia-old tablets from US 

Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian, who was in New York to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, brought back over 1,100 clay tablets dating back to the Achaemenid era upon his return to the country on Thursday. 

Israel ‘spreading terror’: Lebanon’s PM tells UN Security Council

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) action in the face of Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon that has killed at least 620 people in three days.

Gaza ceasefire sole way for regional peace: Iran

Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi reminded the United Nations Security Council of its responsibility to respond decisively to Israel’s act of aggression in West Asia, stressing that there would be no guarantee for peace in the region without a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

United Nations General Assembly 2024: UN chief warns Lebanon on ‘brink’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned world leaders gathering in New York that Lebanon was on the “brink”. He made the remarks as more than 550, including dozens of children, were killed in the Israeli attacks in two days in the Middle Eastern country.

Lebanon must not become “another Gaza”: President Pezeshkian tells CNN

Israel’s extensive strikes on Lebanon are “a human and humanitarian crisis” that risks tipping the region into a wider conflict, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an exclusive interview.

In New York: President Pezeshkian calls for Gaza ceasefire

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged a cessation of the Israeli occupation and apartheid in Palestine and immediate implementation of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where Tel Aviv has been waging a deadly war for nearly one year.

Zarif says Trump’s withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal was ‘miscalculation’

Iran’s Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif says former US president Donald Trump’s move in 2018 to pull out of a landmark nuclear deal with Iran was a ‘miscalculation’ that led to a lose-lose situation.

Iran president expresses deep concern over Israel’s war-mongering in region

In a meeting with António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, in New York, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian voiced deep concern over the Israeli regime's war-mongering in West Asia.

Israel seeking to drag West Asia into a full-blown war: Iran President

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that Israel wants to drag the entire region into a full-blown war and spread insecurity and instability, which will not benefit any country.

Iran FM says efforts underway to start nuclear talks in New York, messages exchanged

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that the Iranian delegation in New York, attending the United Nations General Assembly, is working to initiate a new round of nuclear negotiations with the other parties during this visit, and there has been a general expression of readiness for this.

Iran president denounces West’s double standards as root cause of bloodshed and warfare

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has slammed the double standards adopted by the West that he said have resulted in the spread of bloodshed, conflict and massacre worldwide.

Israel crossed “red line” in communication devices attack in Lebanon: Iran’s UN envoy

Amir Saeed Iravani, the Iranian envoy to the United Nations, has stated that Israel crossed a “red line” by targeting the Iranian ambassador in Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, during the pager blasts hitting Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Iran UN mission denies FBI claims about interference in US elections

The Iranian representative to the United Nations has denied the FBI claims regarding Iran's interference in the US elections.

President Pezeshkian says attending UNGA session to defend Iran’s rights

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian says he will participate in the United Nation General Assembly’s annual session next week for the main objective of standing up for the Iranian nation’s rights.

Iran president to attend annual UN General Assembly meeting Sunday

The Iranian president will leave Tehran for New York on Sunday to take part in the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

UN chief says alarmed by ‘unprecedented’ death, destruction in Gaza

The United Nations chief has stressed the urgency of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where, he said, an Israeli war has caused the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure.

Iran’s UN mission refutes allegations of delivering ballistic missiles to Russia

The mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations has rejected the accusation of Iran supplying ballistic missiles to Russia as baseless and misleading.

Analysit on Zangezur corridor: Putin’s preemptive strike to prevent potential Iran-US diplomatic channels

Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, a former Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, has voiced concerns over Russia's push to establish the Zangezur Corridor in the Caucuses, saying this initiative represents a preemptive strike by Russian President Vladimir Putin to block any possible communication channels between Iran's new administration and the United States.

Iran UN envoy warns about threats posed by Israel’s nukes

Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has issued a stern warning over the risks posed to the entire globe by Israel’s nuclear arsenal, calling for international supervision over the regime’s nuclear facilities.

Iran calls for OIC’s decisive action against Israeli war crimes in Palestine

Iran's representative at a foreign ministerial meeting of the Islamic countries stressed the need for decisive actions to halt the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, urging immediate and firm measures by the international community and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to stop the Israeli atrocities, particularly in the Gaza Strip.

Iran urges UN Security Council to put aside inaction regarding Israeli atrocities against Palestinians

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani has warned that Israel's deadly raids on the West Bank is the continuation of its genocide in Gaza, calling on the UN Security Council to abandon inaction regarding the Zionist regime's flagrant violation of international law.

Iran UN mission: Israel to receive surprise, unpredicted response over Haniyeh assassination

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations says Iran will retaliate against the Israeli regime’s assassination of the political chief of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in Tehran at a time and in a manner it cannot predict.

Iran dismisses claims on interfering in US presidential elections as ‘baseless’

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has refuted as ‘baseless’ the allegations that Iran has been interfering in US presidential elections.

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