![Today the UN Security Council will hold a meeting on Iran](https://turan.az/resized/750/500/resize/media/2018/main/010500006627.jpg)
Today the UN Security Council will hold a meeting on Iran
Baku / 05.01.18 / Turan: The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday on the events in Iran, the Voice of America reported. The meeting will be held, contrary to Russia's attempts to prevent this, calling the hearing "an attempt to interfere" in Iran's internal affairs. On Thursday the US filed an official request for a meeting, but Russia and several other members of the Security Council are not convinced that this body should discuss riots in Iran, diplomats say. The US actively lobbied for the meeting, US Ambassador Nikki Haley said earlier that she wants to hold a meeting to demonstrate support for the demonstrators.
"The Iranian people demand freedom," she said on Tuesday. "All freedom-loving people must support them in this endeavor." However, on Thursday, a senior Russian diplomat warned the US against attempts that he described as "attempts to interfere in Iran's internal affairs." During the protests in Iran, which began on December 28, 21 people were killed and several hundred were arrested.
The Iranian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Golamali Hoshra, sent a letter to the Security Council and UN Secretary General Antoniu Gutteres on Wednesday, accusing the US of interfering in the internal affairs of his country and condemning Washington's statements. -02D-
Politics
-
At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
-
EU Reporter sadly announces the death from natural causes this week of its Political Editor Nick Powell, whilst attending the Global Media Forum in Susha, Azerbaijan.
-
The health of economist Fazil Gasimov, who is on hunger strike for the 43rd day, has deteriorated sharply. On the night of July 26, he was transferred from the Baku pre-trial detention center-1 to a medical institution of the Penitentiary Service, the economist's brother Nazim Gasimov told Turan.
-
On July 26, the trial of public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. Three witnesses were heard. One of them said that she had once asked Hajiyev for help in obtaining a visa for a tour to the Czech Republic and had no other business with him. At the same time, the witness stressed that she did not personally transfer the money, but made a transfer for the service.
Leave a review