EghtesadOnline: The General Debate of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on September 21 and will run through September 27.
EghtesadOnline: Mediation efforts to resolve the dispute between Iran and the United States during the United Nations General Assembly last month did not succeed, because Washington showed no serious interest in clearing the way for an agreement, Iran's top diplomat said.
EghtesadOnline: Iran is prepared to conduct more detailed negotiations on its proposed peace initiative for the Persian Gulf to develop the plan unveiled by President Hassan Rouhani during his address to the United Nations General Assembly last week, the government's spokesman said.
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday to discuss ways of reducing tensions in the Middle East.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected a meeting requested by US President Donald Trump while in New York for the 72nd UN General Assembly.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock have held talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
EghtesadOnline: Foreign ministers of Iran, Oman, and India have held a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
EghtesadOnline: British Prime Minister Theresa May has strongly backed the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, calling on all parties to remain fully committed to the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
EghtesadOnline: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has censured US President Donald Trump’s latest hostile comments against the Iranian nation at the UN as “ugly”, "foolish” and “sheer lies.”
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani says the US was the most isolated country at the UN over its stance on Iran's nuclear accord, citing President Donald Trump’s attack on the agreement while other world leaders defended it.