U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release STATEMENT BY SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN December 21, 2022 Sanctioning Iranian Officials Connected to Serious Human Rights Abuses Since protests erupted across Iran in September, the Iranian regime has responded with ruthless crackdowns on peaceful protestors in an effort to suppress the Iranian people’s ... Read More»

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release STATEMENT BY NED PRICE, SPOKESPERSON December 21, 2022 On the Iranian Nation’s Observance of Shab-e Yalda The Winter Solstice, or Shab-e Yalda as it is known in Iran, would normally be a festive time for many Iranians. It is a time for celebrating at ... Read More»

Ambassador Robert Wood Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs New York, New York December 19, 2022 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Under Secretary-General DiCarlo, for your briefing, as well as Ambassadors Fergal Mythen and Silvio Gonzato for your remarks. Seven and a half years ago, this Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2231 as ... Read More»

PRESS STATEMENT ANTHONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE DECEMBER 14, 2022 Removal of Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women Today’s vote by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to remove Iran from the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women sends an unmistakable message of support from around the world ... Read More»

United States Mission to the United Nations Iran CSW Vote Remarks (As Delivered) Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations   December 14, 2022   Thank you, Madam President.   The resolution this Economic and Social Council will consider today is an important one. It will reverberate across the globe. This resolution ... Read More»