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UN Council Tries Again to Agree on COVID-19 Resolution

TEHRAN (defapress) – The UN Security Council is trying again to reach agreement on its first resolution since the coronavirus pandemic started circling the globe over two months ago, but a dispute between the US and China over mentioning the World Health Organization remains unresolved.
News ID: 81091    Publish Date : 2020/05/13

Iran’s envoy elected vice-chair of OPCW Executive Council

TEHRAN (defapress) – Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been elected as one of the vice-chairs of the Executive Council of the OPCW.
News ID: 80497    Publish Date : 2020/03/13

Spokesman Describes US Sanction on Iran Guardian Council as “Emblem of Honor”

TEHRAN (defapress) – Spokesman for Iran’s Guardian Council Abbasali Kadkhodaei shrugged off the recent US sanctions against the members of the council , saying it is an honor to be blacklisted by the enemies of the Iranian nation.
News ID: 80282    Publish Date : 2020/02/21

Speaker of People's Council of Syria:

Israel’s attacks on Syria confirm its full coordination with terrorists

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Speaker of the People's Council of Syria, Hammouda Sabbagh, said in a meeting with an Iranian parliamentary delegation that Israel’s attacks on Syria are the regime’s desperate attempts to support the terrorists there.
News ID: 79266    Publish Date : 2019/11/13

Russian Federation Council to Discuss Withdrawal from INF Treaty on Wednesday

TEHRAN (defapress) - The Russian upper chamber of parliament, the Federation Council, is to discuss on Wednesday a law on the suspension by Russia of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF), the draft of which was submitted by President Vladimir Putin.
News ID: 77881    Publish Date : 2019/06/26

Sudan's Military, Opposition Agree on Joint Council

TEHRAN (defapress) - Sudan's ruling military council and the opposition alliance have reached an agreement in principle to form a new body to run the country until the next election.
News ID: 77091    Publish Date : 2019/04/28

Expediency Council’s session on reviewing ‘Palermo’ bill begins

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Expediency Council is holding a session Saturday to discuss the bill on the country’s accession to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, known as Palermo Convention in Iran.
News ID: 75923    Publish Date : 2019/03/02

Expediency Council begins session on reviewing ‘Palermo’ bill

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Expediency Council is holding a session Saturday to review the bill on the country’s accession to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, known as Palermo Convention in Iran.
News ID: 75636    Publish Date : 2019/02/16

Expediency Council leaves decision on Palermo Bill to next session

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Expediency Council’s Saturday meeting on joining the UN Convention on Transnational Crime (Palermo bill) ended without conclusion, leaving the final decision to the next session.
News ID: 75209    Publish Date : 2019/01/26

CFT likely to be approved at Iran's Expediency Council

TEHRAN (defapress) – Mostafa Kavakebian a member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy, said Expediency Council is likely to approve the bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT).
News ID: 75097    Publish Date : 2019/01/20

US Islamic council slams denying Iran's TV anchor of religious rights

TEHRAN(defapress)– The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged US to be accountable to the arrest of Marzieh Hashemi, a journalist and anchor working for Iran's English-language Press TV news channel, saying there is no justification for denying her religious rights.
News ID: 75063    Publish Date : 2019/01/19

Guardian Council spox:

Only 2 out of 22 flaws with CFT bill resolved

TEHRAN (defapress) – Guardian Council Spokesman Kadkhodaei said Sat. that the Iranian Parliament has resolved only two out of the 22 flaws with the bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT).
News ID: 74778    Publish Date : 2019/01/05

Ayatollah Khamenei Leads Ritual Prayers at Expediency Council Chairman’s Funeral

TEHRAN (defapress) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei performed the ritual ‘prayer for the deceased’ (Salat al-Mayyit) at the funeral of Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi on Wednesday.
News ID: 74561    Publish Date : 2018/12/26

UNSC Holds Session over Iran's Ballistic Missile Launches

TEHRAN (defapress) – The UN Security Council met behind closed doors to discuss Iran’s latest ballistic missile test.
News ID: 74131    Publish Date : 2018/12/05

Yemeni official:

Security Council unable to end Yemen war

TEHRAN(defapress)– President of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of Yemen tweeted that the Security Council is not able to put an end to the deliberate starvation and hostility in Yemen that they have created, especially in al-Hudaydah, reported Yemeni media al-Mayadeen.
News ID: 73760    Publish Date : 2018/11/17

Kharrazi:

Iranians never compromise in their independence

TEHRAN (defapress) – Head of Iran's Foreign Policy Strategic Council Kamal Kharrazi said that Iranians will never compromise on their independence, and will stand up to foreign intervention and domination at any cost.
News ID: 73601    Publish Date : 2018/11/10

When Security Council becomes insecure for Trump

TEHRAN (defapress) - The United Nations Security Council meeting chaired by Donald Trump was supposed to be a vehicle for his anti-Iran agenda. However, the session, attended by Washington’s opponents and friends, soon backfired when the members turned the tables on the US president, saying that the world does not see eye to eye with him.
News ID: 72746    Publish Date : 2018/09/29

Russia to Brief UN Security Council on Syria´s Idlib

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russia will brief the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday about the results of the Tehran summit it held with Iran and Turkey on the fate of Syria´s Idlib province, diplomats said.
News ID: 72326    Publish Date : 2018/09/11

Trump's Lead Lawyer for Special Council Investigation Resigns

TEHRAN (defapress)- The media said that US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer John Dowd has recently mulled the possibility to leave and resigned since the President was ignoring his advice.
News ID: 69345    Publish Date : 2018/03/23

Russian Security Council:

US Using Pyongyang Issue as Pretext to Continue Militarizing Asia-Pacific

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev explained why Washington strives to deploy global missile defense systems in the Asia-Pacific.
News ID: 67734    Publish Date : 2017/12/26