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US rapped for blocking Gaza ceasefire resolution at UNSC
New York, IRNA – The United States faces widespread criticism and condemnation after it vetoed a draft UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution that called for a ceasefire in Gaza, with Palestinian resistance groups saying that the veto showed Washington’s support for the continuation of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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Iran: US ‘sole impediment’ to Palestine full UN membership
New York, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Amir Saied Iravani has said that the United States “remains the sole impediment” to Palestine’s full UN membership which he said addresses injustices the Palestinian people have endured over the past decades.
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Road to Gaza ceasefire passes through Rafah: Zionist envoy to UN
Tehran, IRNA- Gilad Erdan, the Israeli representative at the United Nations has reiterated the regime’s threat to go ahead with its ground invasion of Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza where 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering.
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Israeli air raids kill at least 39 Palestinians across Gaza
Tehran, IRNA – The latest round of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has killed at least 39 Palestinians across the besieged territory, Palestinian media reported on Saturday.
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US vetoing of Gaza resolution diplomatic catastrophe of century: Iran FM
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has described a decision by the United Sates to veto for a third time a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to impose a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as the diplomatic catastrophe of the century.
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Iran condemns US vetoing of UNSC Gaza resolution
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned the United States for vetoing a draft United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that included a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza where the Israeli regime has been pressing on with an incessant campaign of genocide against the Palestinians.
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US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution ‘shameful’: CAIR
Tehran, IRNA - The Council on American-Islamic Relations called the US veto of a Gaza ceasefire resolution in the United Nations shameful, urging President Joe Biden not to act like a defense lawyer of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Ireland raps US abuse of veto power at UNSC
Tehran, IRNA – Ireland's foreign minister Micheal Martin has hit out at the United States for its excessive abuse of veto in the UN Security Council, saying that such power of five countries has no place at the world body in the 21st century.