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Jewish leaders ‘appalled’ after UK ‘abandons principle’ on anti-Israel UN agenda

London’s vote to abstain rather than oppose controversial Item 7 at the United Nations Human Rights Council is ‘inexcusable’ say the Board and JLC

By Jane Prinsley

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March 31, 2026 13:09

A representative of Qatar delivers a speech on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

Qatar has already expelled some Iranian embassy staff after a strike on its largest gas production facility

By Jacob Jaffa

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March 19, 2026 14:33

UN agency launches investigation into strike on Iranian girls’ school

The US and Iran have traded blame for the incident, which local authorities say killed 168 people

By Jacob Jaffa

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March 17, 2026 15:14

This picture, obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, on February 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

UN Security Council calls on Iran to halt strikes against Gulf states

The International Energy Agency announced the largest ever release of oil its reserves after the Islamic Republic attacked vital energy infrastructure in the region

By Jacob Jaffa

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March 12, 2026 10:36

Members of the UN Security Council listen as Mike Waltz, US Ambassador to the UN, speaks during a meeting on the conflict in Iran at the United Nations headquarters on March 11, 2026, in New York City (Getty Images)

UK calls for ‘urgent investigation’ into Francesca Albanese

‘Restore confidence’ in UN by investigating special rapporteur’s comments, says British government

By Jane Prinsley

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March 5, 2026 16:34

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese (Photo: Getty)

Demand resignation of ‘anti-Israel’ UN rapporteur, 40 peers tell Yvette Cooper

Francesca Albanese made ‘outrageous and irresponsible’ comments about the ‘common enemy of humanity’

By Jane Prinsley

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February 13, 2026 15:30

Did the UN Secretary-General just say ‘happy birthday’ to the Iranian dictatorship?

Iranian state news agency reports letter of ‘congratulations’ from Guterres

By Daniel Ben-David

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February 11, 2026 18:20

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Credit: Getty)

By Jake Wallis Simons

Masih Alinejad exposed the UN’s moral bankruptcy in its silence on Iran

Her searing testimony at the Security Council stripped away decades of sanctimony, laying bare a United Nations that condemns Israel obsessively while averting its gaze from mass repression in the Islamic Republic

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January 19, 2026 11:09

Masih Alinejad, journalist and political dissident, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Iran at the UN headquarters on January 15, 2026 in New York. (Image: Getty)

Israel pulls out of seven international agencies following mass US withdrawal

The Foreign Ministry confirmed it would cut ties with the groups, and that it expected to announce more in the future

By Jacob Jaffa

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January 14, 2026 11:53

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks during a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, September 15, 2025 (Flash90)

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Lebanon

UN adds Israel to ‘blacklist’ of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones

Washington threatens to revoke Palestinian Authority visas over move to capture top UN role

Qatar promised to ‘look after’ Karim Khan if he issued Netanyahu arrest warrant

Hezbollah attack on Unifil peacekeepers leaves two French soldiers dead

Observers baffled as UK nominates Iran for UN human rights committee

Four IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon

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