US-Israeli aggression a ‘blatant crime’ and test for UN Security Council: Iran deputy FM

TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, has denounced the recent US-Israeli military attacks on Iran as a "blatant crime" and a “historic test” for the United Nations Security Council, urging the body to uphold its mandate in the face of such unlawful actions.

China calls Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites a 'dangerous precedent'

Fu Cong, China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has described the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities as a “dangerous precedent.”

Iran files complaint against Grossi with UN Security Council

TEHRAN- Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations has formally lodged a complaint with the UN Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council against Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), accusing him of undermining the Agency’s impartiality amid recent Israeli hostilities.

Iran FM says Israel has crossed all red lines and will receive crushing response

TEHRAN – Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi has written a letter to the United Nations saying Israel, as the most brutal terrorist regime, has crossed all red lines and the international community must not allow its strike on Iran go unpunished.

New video evidence disputes Israeli army's account of medic killings

New video evidence relating to the killing of 15 Palestinian rescue workers by Israeli forces has emerged, contradicting the Israeli account of the attack on a medical convoy in Rafah. 

Tehran writes to UN about US threatening language against Iran

‘Any strike against Iran will have severe consequences’

TEHRAN – Tehran’s ambassador to the UN has denounced inflammatory remarks by Donald Trump and his senior officials against Iran and said Washington’s accusations against the Islamic Republic regarding Yemen are entirely “baseless”.

Russia rules out German and Japanese Security Council bids

Germany and Japan will never become permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia’s envoy to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, has said.

US move in blocking UN resolution for Gaza truce is disgraceful: Iran

TEHRAN - Iran has condemned the United States for vetoing of a UN Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire in the Gaza war, saying the "disgraceful" move serves as a "license" for the Tel Aviv regime to push ahead with its bloody wars in the region.

UN Security Council members quarrel over Israel’s attack on Iran

TEHRAN – In an emergency meeting on Monday the UN Security Council members quarreled over Israel’s Oct. 26 attacks on Iran’s military installations.

The day Saddam Hussein initiated war on Iran

TEHRAN - On September 22, 1980, months after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the army of the Iraqi Ba’athist regime led by Saddam Hussein invaded the Iranian border towns in the southwestern province of Khuzestan and launched a massive aerial bombardment of Iran, igniting an eight-year conflict with Iranians.

Slovenia says UN Security Council’s patience running out for Gaza ceasefire

Slovenia’s UN envoy, the president of the UN Security Council for September, says the 15-member body could consider taking action if a ceasefire is not reached soon in Gaza.

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on Israeli strike on Iranian embassy in Syria

TEHRAN - The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on Israel’s air attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday afternoon at the request of Russia.

UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding ‘immediate’ Gaza truce

The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and "the urgent need to expand the flow" of aid into Gaza, UN News reported.

Iran censures US for preventing UN to end Israeli genocide in Gaza

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Tuesday denounced the U.S. for preventing the UN Security Council from fulfilling its duty to press for an end to the Israeli regime's genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip.

Israel must face consequences of killing Iranian military advisors, Iran tells UN Security Council

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has written a letter to the United Nations Security Council warning that the Zionist regime of Israel “must face the consequences” of assassinating the Iranian military advisors in Syria, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Security Council to meet Friday on Gaza, but US still opposes ceasefire

The United Nations Security Council is set for a meeting on Friday morning on Israel’s war against the Gaza Strip. However, the United States still opposes a ceasefire.

Iran warns Israel’s threats to global security is now ‘greater than ever’

TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday warned that the threat posed by Israel to global peace and security is now “greater than ever” as the regime’s war on the Gaza has entered a dangerous stage.

UN chief invokes rare Article 99 over Gaza war

In a rare move, UN Secretary-General Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, forcing the Security Council to address the Gaza war, Al Jazeera reported.

Iran unhappy with presence of Israel at UN summit in UAE

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Thursday expressed Tehran’s unhappiness with the presence of the Zionist regime’s official at the UN climate summit hosted by the United Arab Emirates.

Israel willing to use nuclear bombs whenever is in danger: security and nuclear policy specialist

‘NPT signatories should push UN Security Council to act fast to denuclearize Israel’

TEHRAN - A Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University says countries in the Middle East region should realize that Israel is willing to nuclear weapons whenever it feels it “is in danger”.

Iran wants IAEA to notify UN Security Council on Israeli threat to nuke Gaza

TEHRAN – Iran’s human rights chief on Thursday wrote a letter to the IAEA director general demanding the UN nuclear watchdog body to inform the United Nations Security Council about dangers of possible use of nuclear weapons by the Israeli regime against the downtrodden Palestinian people in Gaza.

Sanctions should be terminated if they result in humanitarian consequences: envoy

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani has underlined the need for the ongoing assessment of sanctions due to their humanitarian consequences. 

Iran urges UN to maintain cooperative interaction between OPCW, Syria

TEHRAN- Iran has urged the UN Security Council to support the productive communications between the Syrian government and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Iran backs multilateral diplomacy to lift illegal sanctions: envoy

TEHRAN- The Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN confirmed on Thursday that Tehran supports multilateral diplomacy that would ensure the effective and verifiable lifting of the illegal sanctions against the Islamic Republic by reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or the JCPOA.