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UN Security Council adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution

The United Nations Security Council has demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza and the immediate and unconditional release of all Israeli prisoners.
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Publish Date:25/March/2024 | 18:52

Russia Vetoes UN Sanctions on Syria for Chemical Gas Attacks

EghtesadOnline: Russia used its veto to block a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Syria for the seventh time, rejecting an effort by Western powers to impose sanctions on Bashar al-Assad’s government and military for its use of chemical weapons.
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Publish Date:01/March/2017 | 05:15

Israel Moves to Ease Tension Ahead of Kerry’s Mideast Speech

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will offer a “comprehensive vision” for how Middle East peace can be achieved, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a discussion of new construction in Jerusalem in an effort to reduce tensions with Washington.
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Publish Date:28/December/2016 | 14:51

Kerry Plans Middle East Speech as Israel Retaliates Over UN Snub

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will offer a “comprehensive vision” for how Middle East peace can be achieved in a speech Wednesday in Washington, as Israel steps up its response to a censure from the United Nations over the construction of settlements in the West Bank.
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Publish Date:28/December/2016 | 05:06

Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault

EghtesadOnline: Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its "shameful" decision not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a halt to Israeli settlement-building.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 15:02

Netanyahu Says ‘No Doubt’ U.S. Behind UN Vote on Settlements

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up his broadside at the U.S. government after the UN Security Council declared Israel’s settlements illegal, saying President Barack Obama’s administration “initiated and stood behind” the resolution.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 14:39

Israeli Opposition Leaders Blast Netanyahu After UN Vot

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic critics are coming out in force as the impact of the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements begins to sink in.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 14:35

Obama Staged ‘Shameful Ambush’ of Israel, Netanyahu Says

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama’s administration staged a “shameful ambush” by allowing the UN Security Council to pass a resolution declaring Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his first public comments since Friday’s vote.
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Publish Date:25/December/2016 | 10:52

UN chief welcomes Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements

EghtesadOnline: The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed adoption of a Security Council resolution which states that projects to establish Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, have “no legal validity”.
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Publish Date:24/December/2016 | 07:39

Iran UN envoy blames Security Council selective approach

EghtesadOnline: The Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Non-aligned Movement has called on the UN Security Council to practice non-selectivity, impartiality and accountability in its actions.
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Publish Date:20/July/2016 | 09:41

Russia: Snapback No Longer on UNSC Agenda

EghtesadOnline: Russian representative to the United Nations said the issue of reviving global sanctions against Iran, which have been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, will not be discussed at the UN Security Council any more.
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Publish Date:03/October/2020 | 24:30

US Anti-IRGC Move Could Lead to Serious Conflict

EghtesadOnline: In a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council , Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif warned that the United States' recent designation of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization would heighten tensions to a "confrontational and uncontrollable level".
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Publish Date:13/April/2019 | 14:21

Syria to be cleared of terrorists in a few months: Iran general

EghtesadOnline: Iran's top military commander says both Tehran and Damascus will comply with a month-long Syria ceasefire declared by the UN Security Council , but that attacks will continue in the Damascus suburbs held by terrorists.
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Publish Date:26/February/2018 | 14:43

Russia opposes Western bid to ‘condemn’ Iran at UN over Yemen

EghtesadOnline: Russia has voiced opposition to a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution, drafted by Western powers, on renewing anti-Yemen sanctions, which also seeks a “condemnation” of Iran for allegations of violating an arms embargo on the war-torn Arabian Peninsula state.
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Publish Date:24/February/2018 | 14:42

Tillerson Cites North Korea's ‘Restraint’ as a Step Toward Talks

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson went out of his way Tuesday to note that North Korea hadn’t carried out “provocative acts” since the UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on the country, saying that restraint might lead to negotiations over its nuclear arsenal.
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Publish Date:23/August/2017 | 04:37

UN Security Council Sets Harsh New Sanctions on North Korea

EghtesadOnline: The United Nations Security Council imposed the “most stringent” sanctions on North Korea that would ban exports of coal, iron, lead and seafood in response to Pyongyang’s testing of two intercontinental ballistic missiles last month that could target the U.S.
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Publish Date:06/August/2017 | 06:12

Russia, China block U.N. sanctions on Syria over gas attacks

EghtesadOnline: Russia on Tuesday cast its seventh veto to protect the Syrian government from United Nations Security Council action, blocking a bid by Western powers to impose sanctions over accusations of chemical weapons attacks during the six-year Syrian conflict.
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Publish Date:01/March/2017 | 05:47