In a major diplomatic blow to Israel, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) has adopted five resolutions against Tel Aviv, urging an international ban on arms sales to the regime over its atrocities in the occupied Palestinian territories. The resolutions were adopted Friday at the end of the UNHCR’s 37th session, which lasted for […]

Head of Iran’s High Council of Human Rights censured United Nations for using double standards in pursuing human rights to protect terrorists and defend acts of terror. Mohammad Javad Larijani, the Secretary General of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, made the remarks in his address at the 37th annual session of the UN Human Rights […]

Russia has vetoed on Monday the United Kingdom-drafted resolution on Yemen during a UN Security Council vote. Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said prior to the vote that Moscow cannot support the draft resolution. “The Russian Federation cannot support the draft resolution proposed by our British colleagues for the extension for the […]

TEHRAN – The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Monday on a British-drafted resolution that would condemn Iran for allegedly violating a UN arms embargo against Yemen. The resolution claims that has Iran has been providing missiles and drones to Houthi fighters in Yemen. “We are still working on the text, but the […]

Syria’s Permanent Representative at the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said that ending the suffering of Syrians doesn’t require showboating sessions or forming UN committees; it only requires applying the 30 resolutions issued by the UN. In a speech after the Security Council voted on a resolution calling for the cessation of combat activities in Syria for […]

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is following closely the latest escalation of hostilities in Syria and reminding all parties to the conflict that they have to adhere to the international law, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN chief, said in a statement. “The Secretary General is following closely the alarming military escalation throughout Syria and the […]

Akhtar, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, says that the dust storms hitting Iran, Iraq and some other ME countries will be investigated by UN support. “The dust storms crisis will be examined with the support of the United Nations,” said Shamshad Akhtar, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, on Tuesday. Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, from […]

In a letter to United Nations on Wed., Iran’s UN ambassador condemned the US brazen support for protests in Iran, saying its grotesque way of meddling in the country’s internal affairs is a violation of international law. Gholamali Khoshroo made the remarks in a Wednesday letter to the UN Security Council and to UN Secretary […]

TEHRAN – Iran says the country’s positive vote to a resolution on the violation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has been registered at the United Nations. The Islamic Republic sent an official letter to the UN Secretariat on Tuesday announcing its vote in favor of the resolution, given “the significance of the […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said on Thursday that the Palestine will remain the key issue of the Muslim world forever. In a statement on Thursday, Ghasemi lashed out at Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, for calling al-Quds a “side issue”, saying the Bahraini foreign minister makes such remarks to please the […]