Zarif to Visit US in January
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif will go to the US, New York in January 2020 for a UN meeting. The top Iranian diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif as Iranian foreign minister is scheduled to visit the US economic capital, New York, on January 9. Zarif is going to attend a […]
UN Resolution against Abuse of Rohingya Muslims
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The UN approved a resolution strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape, and deaths in detention. The 193-member UN on Friday voted 134-9 with 28 abstentions in favor of the resolution which also calls on Myanmar’s government to take urgent measures […]
UN Condemns 3rd Deadly Attack on Yemen Market in One Month
The United Nations strongly condemned the Saudi-led shelling of a busy market that killed at least 17 civilians earlier this week in northern Yemen.
North Korea Talks Will Have No New Offers; KCNA Says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – North Korea says the US “has nothing to offer us even if the talks are resumed,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The news agency also said that North Korea believes that the US has done a stupid thing by convening the UN Security Council, adding that it is nothing […]
Iran role in Aramco attack not proved
TEHRAN (Iran News) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world body’s investigators are “unable to independently corroborate” the US and Saudi claims that Iran had a role behind the kingdom’s Aramco oil facilities going through attack in September. The United Nations is “unable to independently corroborate” that Iran had a role in missiles […]
IAEA impartiality needed to avoid unilateral measures; Iran says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran stressed the need for the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA impartiality under its new chief, Rafael Grossi, saying the UN nuclear watchdog should avoid forceful and unilateral measures. Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the international organizations in Vienna, highlighted on Monday the IAEA obligation to maintain its […]
Antonio Guterres says climate change must stop
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been “utterly inadequate” so far, stressing that ”Our war against nature must stop”. Iran News quotes. Speaking before the start Monday of a two-week international climate conference in Madrid, the UN chief said the impact of rising temperatures – including […]
Iran May Reconsider JCPOA Commitments
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani warned Sunday Iran may “seriously reconsider” its commitments to the UN atomic watchdog if European parties to a nuclear deal trigger a dispute mechanism that could lead to sanctions.
Science Warnings, US Retreat Add Urgency to UN Climate Talks
Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year’s international talks on tackling global warming.
Iran’s Deputy Minister, CYRDAP Head Meet in Tehran, Sign MoU
Hossein Shirzad, Deputy Minister and Head of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC), met recently with Tevita Taginavulau, the director general of Center on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CYRDAP) in Tehran.