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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has held talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in New York on the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly.

The Trump administration has finally issued visas allowing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to travel to New York, where they are going to attend the annual session of the UN General Assembly, Iran's UN mission said.

A US-sponsored draft resolution seeking to condemn Palestinian resistance group Hamas at the United Nations General Assembly has failed to gain a majority vote.

Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas Political Bureau, has called on the Islamic Republic of Iran to condemn a US-drafted resolution against the Palestinian resistance movement due to be put to vote at the UN General Assembly.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the anti-Iran resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Committee has been drafted and approved based on a biased and politically-motivated approach.

A senior Iranian analyst and former diplomat says the Zionist regime, with a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons, is a real threat to the regional countries, and the international community, especially the United Nations, must pressure it to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The Iranian president says the new sanctions the US is to re-impose on Iran in November will have no negative impact on Tehran.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected the anti-Iran claims made by the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain at the UN General Assembly, saying that such remarks are baseless, worthless, and illusory.

An Iranian analyst says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that there exists a secret atomic warehouse in a village called Turquzabad can help revive the tourism industry of southern Tehran.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected the anti-Iran comments made by the Saudi top diplomat, saying terrorism has its roots in the ideology promoted and sponsored by the regime in Saudi Arabia.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassmei has categorically denied the new accusations raised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against Iran at his UN speech.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday held separate meetings with his counterparts from a number of countries on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj have discussed ways to expand mutual economic ties between the two sides in a Wednesday meeting in New York.

Iran’s foreign ministry has dismissed the anti-Iran remarks made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a meeting called “United Against Nuclear Iran Summit”, saying that Washington is getting more and more isolated day by day as a result of its bullying behaviours.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on the European Union to take practical measures to preserve the Iran nuclear deal following the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal.

A senior foreign policy advisor to the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution says the US leaders’ dream of holding a meeting with Iranian officials to force them into accepting their demands will never come true.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in his address to the annual UN General Assembly, strongly blasted the US administration for its unilateral sanctions against the Iranian nation, describing it as a form of economic terrorism which must be ended.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, exchanged views about a range of issues, including the latest developments in the Middle East and the world.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel have blasted the administration of US President Donald Trump for violating international treaties and adopting a unilateral approach towards the international community.

EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini says Europe is finalising its offers to meet the Islamic Republic’s demands in a bid to save the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he will seize the chance at this year’s UN General Assembly to talk about US breaches of international law.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday left Tehran for New York City to attend the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly, where he is expected to condemn the US’ hostile policies towards the Iranian nation and the violation of its international commitments.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as ridiculous any media report on a call by President Hassan Rouhani for a bilateral meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump during the next week’s session of the UN General Assembly.

An Iranian political figure says President Hassan Rouhani should attend the upcoming meeting of the United Nation Security Council, due to be chaired by his American counterpart, and turn it into the impeachment session of Donald Trump.

An Iranian lawmaker says US President Donald Trump is not eligible to chair the upcoming meeting of the United Nation Security Council because no one, after Hitler, has violated so many treaties and international conventions as he did.