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☆ U.S. wants to oust Iran from U.N. women's body
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Iran has been gripped by protests since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in police custody last month. "Iran has demonstrated through its denial of women's rights and brutal crackdown on its own people that it is unfit to serve on this Commission," Harris said. Iran has accused the United States and it allies of abusing their U.N. platform "to further their political agenda" and urged countries not to attend the meeting. Iran's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the U.S. bid to oust it from the CSW. Russia and the United States are both ECOSOC members.
☆ Iran letter urges states to skip U.S. meeting on protests at U.N
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The United States and Albania will hold an informal Security Council meeting on Wednesday, that can be attended by all U.N. members. "The U.S. has no true and genuine concern about the human rights situation in Iran or elsewhere," Iran's U.N. He described the protests as an internal issue and wrote that it would be "counterproductive to the promotion of human rights" if the U.N. Security Council discussed the issue. "The United States lacks the political, moral, and legal qualifications to hold such a meeting, distorting the very basic principles of human rights," Iravani wrote. Iran has been gripped by protests since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in police custody last month.
☆ U.S. Defense secretary speaks with Russian counterpart as war in Ukraine enters ninth month
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks at a news briefing at the Pentagon on July 20, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. The call comes as the war enters its ninth month and as Ukraine continues a stunning counteroffensive to retake more of Russian-occupied territory in the east and south. "Secretary Austin emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid the ongoing war against Ukraine," according to the Pentagon. WASHINGTON – Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart Friday morning, the second known call since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traded barbs last month with his Russian counterpart during a U.N. Security Council meeting.
☆ Iran calls Western allegations that it supplied Russia with drones 'disappointing,' calls for peaceful resolution of war
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Sergei Supinsky | Afp | Getty ImagesUNITED NATIONS – Iran's U.N. representative sharply denied Western allegations that Tehran supplied Moscow with a fleet of drones for use in Ukraine. The United Nations Security Council at U.N. Headquarters in New York City September 30, 2022. The three nations — also members of the original 2015 Iran nuclear deal — say that by providing Russia with drones Iran has violated a U.N. Security Council resolution. Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, told reporters that the drones found in Ukraine are not Iranian but Russian-made. Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, speaks to reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York on October 19, 2022.
☆ Russia to review working with U.N. chief if he inspects drones in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Speaking after a closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting on Moscow's use of drones, Russia's Deputy U.N. Tehran denies supplying the drones to Moscow and Russia has denied its forces had used Iranian drones to attack Ukraine. Guterres reports twice a year to the Security Council - traditionally in June and December - on the implementation of the 2015 resolution. Any assessment of the drones in Ukraine would likely be included in that report. GRAIN DEALIran and Russia both argue that there is no mandate for Guterres to send experts to Ukraine to inspect the drones.
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