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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged Pope Francis to encourage world leaders, especially Christian governments, to stop Israeli atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon and help establish a ceasefire.

Iran's HR Chief called on HRC, UNCHR to stop aggression, terror and warmongering of Zionist regime

In a letter to the head of the Human Rights Council and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights called for immediate and effective action by international legal and human rights...

Biden Administration Doubles Down on Harmful Asylum Rules

An asylum regulation announced by the administration of United States President Joe Biden yesterday is flat-out contrary to both US and international law and is likely to bring immeasurable harm to people seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border.

Main cause of West Asia’s problems: Presence of the US and certain European countries

Imam Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has met with hundreds of academic elites, top participants in the Olympiads, and university entrance exam achievers. The meeting took place in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah on Oct. 2, 2024.

UN racial justice experts: Broad impunity persists for law enforcement officials who use excessive force against Africans and people of African descen...

Africans and people of African descent who have experienced excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officials encounter continuing broad impunity, a Human Rights Council-mandated panel of experts has found in a new...

In a tumultuous world, we rely on the United Nations more than ever – but it is failing

Jamal Benomar is a former UN under secretary general and former special envoy for Yemen

UK named the unhappiest country for children

The UK ranked lowest in children's well-being in Europe. How do countries compare and what do experts believe is behind the decline in life satisfaction?

UNGA focused on Palestine, Lebanon: Gharibabadi

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said that the issue of Palestine and Lebanon was the main focus of this year's UN General Assembly and its side meetings and consultations, and in the meanti...

Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU threatens its new asylum strategy

The bloc’s migration pact, finally agreed after a decade of talks, is already in peril as states outdo each other in efforts to get tough.

‘UN Security Council turned into tool in hands of certain permanent members’

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi has said that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has turned into a tool in the hands of certain permanent members who prioritize their political and st...

Iran wants global peace, end to Israeli crimes: Pezeshkian tells UNGA

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, in his debut speech to the United Nations General Assembly UNGA, has reiterated his call for global peace and justice, which he said, cannot be accomplished unless the rights of all people, communities and nations ...