UN rapporteur says General Soleimani assassination ‘nail in the coffin of international law’

A top UN human rights investigator has termed the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani as “unlawful”, pointing out that the attack was a “nail in the coffin of international law”.

Iran warns of ‘US military adventurism’ in Persian Gulf in letter to UN Security Council

Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York has warned against the United States’ “military adventurism” and recent provocative moves in the Persian Gulf region, at a time that the administration of lame duck US President Donald Trump nears its final days.

EU envoy to UN says there is no positive alternative to JCPOA:

The European Union ambassador to the UN has lended his full support to the 2015 nuclear agreement that was clinched between Iran and six major countries, saying there is no positive alternative to the accord which has withstood pressure over the past years.

The assassinations of Iranian scientists carry fingerprints of the Israeli regime

The 27th November assassination of Iranian prominent physicist and nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who played a leading role in the search for "homegrown test kits for COVID-19," carries fingerprints of the Israeli regime, which has long history of murdering scientific elites across parts of the world.

Foreign Ministry spokesman says US must stop economic war against Iran, return to path of law

President Rouhani says end of Iran arms ban triumph of logic over US bullying

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has hailed the lifting of the UN arms embargo on the Islamic Republic as the victory of the logic of law and truth over bullying, saying the US failed in its plots to deprive the Iranians of their right to free trade in defensive equipment.

Iran stresses sovereignty over trio of Persian Gulf islands at UNSC

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has reiterated the country’s sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands, saying those territories have always been and will always remain Iranian.

President Rouhani says Iran entitled to free arms trade in days with UN ban expiry

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran will be free to trade weapons as of Sunday after the United States failed in its attempts to secure an extension of the United Nations arms embargo against the Islamic Republic.