United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Iran and Saudi Arabia should compromise and interact responsibly vis-à-vis the tensions in the Middle East.
Fifty Arab human rights organizations drew attention to Saudi Arabia’s onslaught against civilians in Yemen, calling for efforts to have the Arab country stripped of its membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warmly welcomed the historic agreement in Vienna and congratulated the P5+1 and Iran for reaching the agreement.
Mohammad Khatami, who championed the idea of Dialogue among Civilizations, has condemned in a letter to the UN chief acts of terror worldwide, calling for the revival of dialogue among nations and religions.
Iran has slammed the UN Security Council’s rejection of Palestine statehood proposal, saying it shows the only option for the Palestinian nation to reclaim their rights is to continue their resistance.
In reaction to a UN human rights resolution against Iran, Afkham condemned any “arbitrary and political use of human rights against independent states.”
Iran’s deputy foreign minister has expressed Tehran’s willingness to help advance a UN proposal for the suspension of fighting in the northern city of Aleppo.
Iran’s UN ambassador in Vienna says that an end to discrimination and occupation of all Palestinian lands helps, among other things, assert the Palestinian right to self-determination.
The foreign ministry spokeswoman has blasted a resolution by the UN rights committee on rights situation in Iran, saying the UN’s legal mechanisms have turned into a tool in the hands of the West.
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jan Eliasson, has said that the entire world would benefit from a final nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1.
