Syria UN Envoy: Terrorists in Idlib Take Captives
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Syria UN envoy Bashar al-Jaafari said Takfiri terrorist groups operating in the northwestern province of Idlib continue to take civilians as human shields, stressing that it is the Damascus government’s duty to purge the area of their presence. Speaking at a UN Security Council session on the situation in the Middle […]
Syria’s sovereignty over occupied Golan reaffirmed
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The UN General Assembly reaffirmed by an overwhelming majority Syria’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan and over its resources, demanding that Israeli regime cease exploiting, damaging, squandering, depleting, or endangering its natural resources. This came in a resolution approved by the Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) of the General Assembly, […]
Morales Called for UN mediation in Bolivia
Bolivia’s Evo Morales called for the UN mediation and possibly Pope Francis, to mediate in the Andean nation’s political crisis following his ouster as president in what he called a coup d’etat that forced him into exile in Mexico. In an interview with The Associated Press Thursday in Mexico City, Morales called for the UN […]
Marie Yovanovitch testifies at Trump impeachment hearing
The former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, who was branded “bad news” by President Donald Trump and removed, defended her record and told a televised impeachment hearing on Friday she did not pursue a political agenda in Ukraine. “I had no agenda other than to pursue our stated foreign policy goals,” the ambassador, Marie […]
Political UN human rights resolution against Iran is rejected
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Tehran rejected a political UN human rights resolution against Iran as a “politically motivated” instance of hypocrisy and “abuse” of UN mechanisms by Western governments targeting independent states. Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi made the comments on Thursday shortly after the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly passed […]
Spokesman Deplores UNGA Human Rights Resolution against Iran
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman denounced the ratification of a recent human rights resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) against Iran.
Leader: Elimination of Israel doesn’t mean elimination of Jewish people
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that elimination of Israel does not mean the elimination of the Jewish people, rather it means that all Palestinians, including Jews, Christians and Muslims, drive some thugs like Benyamin Netanyahu out of their homeland.
US Should End Uninvited Presence in Syria: Iranian MP
Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnour described the presence of US military forces in Syria as the root cause of insecurity in the Arab country and called for an immediate end to their “uninvited presence”.
Head of ‘resistance axis’, Hezbollah Calls Iran
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The deputy secretary-general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah lauded the major role that Iran plays at the forefront of the battle against the global arrogance in the region and call it head of ‘resistance axis’. “We recognize the Islamic Republic of Iran as the head of ‘Axis Resistance’,” Sheikh Naim […]
Morales Warns Bolivian Leaders to Calm the Nation
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Former Bolivian president Evo Morales warns Bolivian leaders to not “stain themselves with the blood of the people,” after his supporters took to the streets in support of the embattled former leader. Protests in the country’s main city La Paz broke out Wednesday amid calls from Morales and his backers to […]