Russia and China have proposed an alternative and well-balanced draft UN Security Council resolution on the situation around Iran, including in the Strait of Hormuz, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.
Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN stated that the Iranian side rejects the US proposal for a temporary ceasefire
11 Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution, while Russia and China voted against it
China is willing to continue to cooperate with Russia at the U.N. Security Council and make efforts to cool down the Middle East situation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call on Sunday.
According to the Iranian Foreign Minister, the IAEA's lack of response to attacks on nuclear facilities undermines the Agency's prestige and credibility.
The United States expelled Iran’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations in December over national security concerns, Axios reported citing informed sources.
The draft resolution on the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz proposed by Bahrain cannot be approved by the UN Security Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following talks with top Egyptian diplomat Badr Abdel Aaty.
The UN Secretary-General warned of the risk of a wider war in the Middle East. He said it would have an impact on the entire planet.
The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the US and Israeli war with Iran has been a shock to global trade, as reported by the UN.
The European diplomat described the current situation in the Middle East as "extremely dangerous"
Russia has noted threats to nuclear safety in the wake of the strikes in the immediate vicinity of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant at closed consultations at the UN Security Council, its Permanent Mission to the world organization said.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the war in Iran is "out of control," cautioning that the world faces the prospect of a far broader confrontation.
Moscow is open to resuming arms control talks despite Washington’s refusal to extend the main parameters of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) for a year, Russian permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva Gennady Gatilov said.
Russia is in constant communication with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the situation around the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has slammed the United States and Israel’s recent attacks on Iranian nuclear sites as a violation of international law, called on the United Nations to take a firm stance on this matter and demanded that the U.S. and Israel pay for the damage done to the Iranian nuclear facilities.
Iran seeks compensation from the United Arab Emirates, accusing it of enabling U.S. attacks against Iranian territory, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani wrote in a letter to UN …
He emphasized that the actions of the US and Israel led to a sharp escalation in the Middle East
Today, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and UN Secretary-General António Guterres held talks on the escalating military situation in the region, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium remains under the rubble of the sites attacked last June by the U.S. and Israel.
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz said the U.S. is demanding that international allies help escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz amid the conflict in Iran.
