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King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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King of Saudi Arabia says peace is top priority for his country 

22 September 2021
UN Affairs

The King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, said on Wednesday that promoting peace is his Kingdom’s top priority in international affairs. 

President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi of Iran addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session...
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Sanctions are ‘US way of war’, Iranian President at UN

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

In his speech to the high-level General Debate at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi called for an end to United States sanctions against his country, describing them as a method of waging war.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at a press conference. (file)
IAEA/Dean Calmaa

UN’s nuclear watchdog agency will not be ‘bargaining chip’ in Iran nuclear deal

1 March 2021
Peace and Security

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency told journalists on Monday that inspections in Iran should not be used as a “bargaining chip” to revive a troubled nuclear deal. 

The IAEA applies safeguards to verify states are honouring their international legal obligations to use nuclear material for peaceful purposes only.
IAEA

Iran nuclear deal: ‘Heated rhetoric and the heightened risk of miscalculation’ widen differences

22 December 2020
Peace and Security

Although the landmark Iran nuclear deal could improve regional stability if fully implemented, increased tensions have highlighted the risks posed by escalation, the UN’s Political and Peacebuilding Affairs chief told the Security Council on Tuesday. 

President Hassan Rouhani (on screen) of the Islamic Republic of Iran addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

Iran not a ‘bargaining chip’, President Rouhani tells world leaders at UN

22 September 2020
UN Affairs

Iran is not a “bargaining chip” to be factored into elections and domestic policy in the United States, the country’s President, Hassan Rouhani has said, stressing that the overall era of dominance and hegemony by a few world powers is “long over.” 

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi delivers his remarks at the opening of the International Conference on Nuclear Security ICONS 2020.
IAEA/Dean Calma

Atomic agency cites concerns over Iran testing sites, offers COVID-19 assistance

9 March 2020
Peace and Security

Iran’s nuclear capabilities moved back into the international spotlight on Monday as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that it had concerns about possible “undeclared nuclear material and nuclear-related activities” in unregistered locations there.

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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Stop escalation, urges UN chief, as geopolitical tensions reach ‘highest level this century’

6 January 2020
Peace and Security

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on world leaders to de-escalate geopolitical tensions on Monday, which he described as being “at their highest level this century” as the new decade dawns.

The Swords of Qādisiyyah, which mark the entrance to the Great Celebrations square in Baghdad, Iraq.
Tarek Khouri

UN chief calls for de-escalation across Gulf region after killing of top Iranian General in US airstrike 

3 January 2020
Peace and Security

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the latest escalation in tension across the Gulf region, following the killing of a top Iranian General in Iraq, in an airstrike carried out by the United States. 

Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly’s General Debate. (25 September 2019)
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At UN, Iran proposes ‘coalition for hope’ to pull Gulf region from ‘edge of collapse’

25 September 2019
Peace and Security

The Gulf region is “on the edge of collapse”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told world leaders on Wednesday at the annual high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly, saying that “a single blunder can fuel a big fire”.

Maria Luiza Viotti, Chef de Cabinet to Secretary-General António Guterres, briefs the Security Council meeting on challenges to peace and security in the Middle East. (20 August 2019)
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Urgent need for ‘restraint and genuine dialogue’ in Middle East to avoid major confrontation

20 August 2019
Peace and Security

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, Maria Luiza Viotti, said on Tuesday that “restraint and genuine dialogue are urgently needed”, in order to avoid a major confrontation, which would have disastrous consequences, even well beyond the region.