Iran says it will continue to expand nuclear program by right
Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said Sunday that Iran will continue to expand its uranium enrichment program despite the UN Security Council resolution setting an August 31 deadline for the country to halt nuclear...
JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law explores the terms of the draft UN Security Council Middle East ceasefire resolution, but doubts that peace can be achieved without negotiations involving the key interested parties - not...
The Interior Ministry of Iran has prohibited a human rights group led by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi from operating in the country, saying the group has neglected to obtain...
Iran nuclear resolution prompts clerical call to abolish UN Security Council
Ahmad Jannati, head of Iran's powerful Guardian Council , on Friday called for the abolition of the United Nations and the UN Security Council because of its prejudicial stance towards Iran. Jannati complained that the Security...
The Security Council on Iran: Fiddling While the Middle East Burns?
JURIST Guest Columnist Daniel Joyner of the University of Warwick School of Law in the United Kingdom says that the timing of the UN Security Council's passage of a Chapter VII resolution on Iran in the midst of an escalating...
Iran president dismisses UN Security Council resolution on nuclear program
Iran will not abide by a UN Security Council resolution ordering it to stop enriching uranium, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday in an address on state television....
Resolution 1696, UN Security Council, July 31, 2006, . Read the full text of the resolution....
BREAKING NEWS ~ UN Security Council adopts weakened Iran resolution
The UN Security Council Monday passed a resolution giving Iran until August 31 to halt uranium enrichment and threatening sanctions if it does not comply. Resolution 1696 , adopted 14-1 with Qatar voting against,...
JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the Israeli air strike on Qana that killed over 60 Lebanese civilians has set the stage not only for possible war crimes prosecutions but also for a...
Iran threatens to reject nuclear incentives if UN adopts sanctions resolution
Iran will stop considering international incentives to end its uranium enrichment program if the UN Security Council passes a resolution sanctioning the country, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi ...
