MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi extended condolences over the demise of Russia's combative Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin. Ghasemi expressed his sympathies over Churkin's sudden death, with the Russian government, particularly his colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation as well ...

Pres TV- The Russian Foreign Ministry says the countrys Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin has died suddenly in New York, just a day before his 65th birthday. "A prominent Russian diplomat has passed away while atwork. We'd liketo express our sincere condolences toVitaly Churkin's family," Russian Ministry ofForeign ...

Alwaght- Russian envoy to the United Nations says Saudi Arabia's almost two-Year aggression on Yemen has made humanitarian situation disastrous in the already impoverished country that is faced a media blackout as Riyadh prevents journalist from going to Yemen. "Humanitarian situation is also a disaster. It [Yemen] is a country with 20 million, almost ...

RT- Moscow hopes the tensions between the new White House administration, Iran and China will not result in any serious international showdown, the Russian envoy to the UN told RT, adding that the current rhetoric appears to be an emotional response to reality. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, Russias Permanent Representative to the United Nations, ...

December 31, The Iran Project Russian ambassador to the UNstresses the effective role of Iran in preparing the ground for a meeting between the Syrian government and opposition delegations in Astana, Kazakhstan. On December 20, the foreign and defense ministers of Russia, Turkey and Iran held talks on Syria in Moscow. After talks, the foreign ministers ...

RT- Moscow says that Saudi Arabia should join efforts to find peace in Syria undertaken by Russia, Iran and Turkey, Vitaly Churkin, Russia's UN envoy, said. The Foreign Ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey met in Moscow on Tuesday to draft a joint statement aimed at resolving the long term conflict in Syria. According to Churkin, the document ...

Sputnik- The UN Security Council came up on Sunday with a "good text" of the draft resolution on the deployment of UN observers to Syrian Aleppo and the vote will take place on Monday, according to Russian envoy to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin. UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) The UN Security Council came upon Sunday witha "good text" ofthe draft resolution ...

Press TV- Russia has announced that the Syrian governments military operations to free the city of Aleppo have come to an end. "Over the last hour we have received information that the military activities in east Aleppo have stopped, it has stopped,"said Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin during a UN Security Council meeting. "The Syrian ...

While the UN Security Council members disagree on what led to the plight of Aleppo, they seem to have come to terms with the fact that the separation of opposition from terrorists is an issue of utmost importance, Vitaly Churkin said Monday. There is no unity of opinions among the Councils members on the cause of the Aleppo tragedy, fierce discussions ...

There are no obstacles to Iran becoming a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) after its nuclear issue was resolved, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said. UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) On Friday, the UN Security Council held a session onthe issue ofthe organizations cooperation withregional formats such asthe ...

Moscow has urged the United Nations (UN) to adopt a Russian-drafted resolution targeting propaganda used by extremist groups to radicalize people around the world. In 2005, the UN Security Council, of which Russia is a member, had passed a resolution calling for measures to prohibit by law incitement to commit a terrorist act or acts and to ...

Russia has accused the US of failing to share with the United Nationsdocuments outlining a joint agreement that calls for a ceasefire in Syria, saying such an attitude adopted by Washington makes the UN endorsement of the deal unlikely. Russias Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin made the comments on Friday as an urgent Security Council meeting ...

Russia has warned of the "clear and present threat" that Takfiri terrorists in Syria could launch chemicals attacks in Europe. Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin made the remarks on Wednesday following a closed-door United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on the progress of investigations into chemical attacks in Syria. "I have not ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Iranians are preparing for new year celebrations as the next calendar year begins onMarch 19. The last Tuesday night is celebrated in Iran by a fire festival which ...

Russia says both the US and Turkey failed to inform the UN Security Council (UNSC) about the illegal smuggling of oil from the territories held by Takfiri Daesh terrorists in Syria and Iraq although they were obliged to do so under international law. Russias Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Vitaly Churkin made the remark in an interview with ...

Russia and Iran do not have any disagreements over Syrian conflict settlement, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said Friday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Both Russia and Iran, together with Syria and Iraq, have set up the Baghdad Information Center to coordinate joint military action against the Islamic State (ISIL) militants. The four ...

Russia's U.N. envoy on Thursday said the United Nations Security Council will examine the technical details of a ballistic missile test by Iran, which the United States and its European allies have said violated U.N. sanctions. The United States, Britain, France and Germany called on Wednesday for the council's Iran sanctions committee to take action ...

Russia has warned that the United Nations Security Councils failure to approve a draft resolution demanding the recognition of an independent Palestinian state could plunge the Middle East into insecurity and violence. The inaction of the Security Council in this area dooms the situation to a dangerous status quo which we cannot accept. One chance ...

[caption id="attachment_19904" align="alignright" width="167"] Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin[/caption] he Russian Permanent Representative to the UN has no doubt that the CIA tortures will be on the UN Human Rights Council's agenda. MOCSOW, December 20 (Sputnik) The US torture practices may be brought ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian reiterated the necessity for finding a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis, and said Tehran and Moscow will continue their support for Syria. Tehran and Moscow, along with some other countries, will continue their support for Syria and reject any ...