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In this picture released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on May 25, 2023, a Khorramshahr-4 missile is launched at an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
December 19, 2023, 10:12 am
At UN, West accuses Iran of illegal missile testing, high-grade uranium enrichment
During Security Council meeting on failing 2015 nuclear agreement, Britain, France, Germany and US warn all means will be used to prevent Tehran getting atomic weapons
By Edith M. Lederer
Members of the Security Council vote on a resolution regarding the situation in Israel and Gaza at a Security Council meeting at the United Nations on October 18, 2023, in New York. (Bryan R. Smith / AFP)
October 18, 2023, 9:42 pm
US vetoes Gaza war UN resolution that doesn’t stress Israeli right to self-defense
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells Security Council that, ‘like every nation in the world, Israel has the inherent right’ to defend itself against attacks
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Vassily Nebenzia, permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the UN Security Council, March 29, 2022, at United Nations headquarters (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
April 4, 2023, 12:50 pm
Russia rejects claims its UN Security Council presidency is an April 1 joke
Envoy Vassily Nebenzia says Moscow will be ‘honest broker,’ announces meeting on defending principles of the UN Charter, which Russia is accused of breaking by invading Ukraine
By Edith M. Lederer
A display about an alleged Russian Filtration Operation is presented during a press conference by the US Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, in the United Nations Security Council, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
September 8, 2022, 11:57 am
US: Over 900,000 Ukrainians forcibly deported to Russia, some have disappeared
Washington’s envoy tells UN Security Council that ‘filtration’ operations include incidents of torture, children separated from parents; Russian envoy dismisses claim as ‘fantasy’
By Edith M. Lederer
141-5 with 35 abstentions: The results of a UN vote to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, March 2, 2022 (Courtesy)
March 2, 2022, 10:13 pm
UN General Assembly, including Israel, votes overwhelmingly to condemn Russia
141 in favor; North Korea, Syria, Belarus, Eritrea vote with Russia; 35 abstain, including China, Iran, India, South Africa; Israel among 96 co-sponsors after keeping lower profile
By Jacob Magid
In this photo released on April 22, 2020, by Sepahnews, an Iranian rocket carrying a satellite is launched from an undisclosed site believed to be in Iran's Semnan province. (Sepahnews via AP)
June 5, 2020, 9:22 am
Russia defends Iran satellite launch against US opposition
Moscow’s ambassador to UN slams efforts to prevent Tehran from obtaining ‘peaceful space technology,’ calls US accusation that launch violated 2015 nuclear deal ‘misleading’
By Edith M. Lederer
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019 at United Nations headquarters. (AP/Mary Altaffer)
May 13, 2020, 2:47 am
Backing Iran, Russia nixes UN arms embargo extension, slams US ‘snapback’ plans
Ambassador says no reason to reimpose ban on weapons sales after October expiration, calls US idea to reenter nuke deal in order to trigger new sanctions ‘ridiculous’
By Edith M. Lederer
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Saturday, April 14, 2018 at United Nations headquarters. (AP/Mary Altaffer)
January 22, 2019, 10:23 pm
Russia snubs Middle East security confab over ‘anti-Iran’ focus
Moscow’s ambassador to UN Vassily Nebenzia also says US-Polish conference will fail because it doesn’t address Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By AFP
Syrians displaced by government forces' bombardment in the southern Daraa province countryside drive near the town of Shayyah, south of the city of Daraa, towards the demilitarized zone separating the Israeli and Syrian Golan heights on June 29, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)
July 5, 2018, 11:34 pm
Russia blocks Security Council statement on Syria
Diplomats say member states can’t agree on response to escalating fighting and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in country’s southwest
By AFP
Illustrative: Destruction in the former rebel-held town of Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on April 10, 2018. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
April 11, 2018, 7:39 am
US readies response to Syria attacks after UN clash with Russia
‘Whenever we propose anything meaningful on Syria, Russia vetoes it. It is a travesty,’ decries US envoy Nikki Haley as US warship nears Syrian coast
By Dave Clark and Rim Haddad
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia holds up a copy of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' as he speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation between Britain and Russia on April 5, 2018 at United Nations headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
April 6, 2018, 12:48 pm
Russia says Britain is ‘playing with fire’ in spy case
Moscow tells UN that it is victim of hasty, sloppy, ill-intentioned defamation campaign by London and its allies
By Edith M. Lederer and DANICA KIRKA
This photo, provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows a civil defense worker carrying a wounded man after airstrikes hit a rebel-held suburb near Damascus, Syria, February 5, 2018. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
February 9, 2018, 1:51 pm
UN Security Council declines to call for Syria ceasefire as fighting worsens
Cessation of hostilities ‘not realistic,’ Russian envoy says, since anti-Assad ‘terrorists’ won’t abide by it; humanitarian chief says situation worst since 2015
By AP
Illustrative: Two US Air Force F-22 Raptors fly over Syria, February 2, 2018. (Air National Guard/ Staff Sgt. Colton Elliott via Department of Defense)
February 9, 2018, 2:53 am
Moscow blasts ‘criminal’ US-led strikes on pro-Assad forces
Russian ambassador says bombing of troops fighting alongside Syrian regime to protect SDF ‘inadmissible’
By AFP
Syrians reportedly suffering from breathing difficulties following Syrian regime air strikes on the northwestern town of Saraqeb at a field hospital in a village on the outskirts of Saraqeb, due to the lack of hospitals in the town, on February 4, 2018. (AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR)
February 6, 2018, 3:47 am
US ‘gravely alarmed’ after fresh Syria chemical weapons attack
Days after warning new strikes on table, Washington says six chlorine gas attacks reported in last 30 days, accuses Russia of covering for Assad regime
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley points to previously classified missile segments she says prove Iran violated UN Security Council Resolution 2231 by providing the Houthi rebels in Yemen with arms, during a press conference at Joint Base Anacostia in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)
February 1, 2018, 11:03 am
Russia: US hasn’t made a case for new action against Iran
Moscow’s UN ambassador says it is unclear whether missile parts shown to council members were Iranian or violated a 2015 arms embargo on Yemen
By Edith M. Lederer
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