Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has reacted to a recent suspension of funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) by certain countries, noting that “the awakened consciences will judge”.

[caption id="attachment_109913" align="alignright" width="160"] Palestinian Salwa Shabat, right, accompanied by some of her children, from left to right, Amira, Huda, top, Ahmed and Anas, weep as they inspect the damage upon returning to the family house, destroyed by Israeli strikes in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 5,...

New York, Sept 21, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday held talks with Commissioner General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Pierre Krahenbuhl. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the latest regional developments, particularly the crisis across Iraq and the fate ...

[caption id="attachment_111724" align="alignright" width="232"] File photo shows a Palestinian child who was injured in an Israeli attack on her home in Gaza[/caption] Senior UN officials say the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip has left thousands of children traumatized across the besieged Palestinian territory. Latest figures show 400,...

The United Nations has called on Israel to lift its seven-year blockade on the Gaza Strip and end the ongoing deadly attacks against the Palestinian enclave. On Saturday, Chris Gunness, the spokesman for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said the blockade must end to allow the reconstruction of the Palestinian coastal territory. The ...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says nine of its staff members have been killed in the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip. The UNRWA said in a statement that the violence is devastating Gaza for the third time in six years and that the bodys staff along with other people are in the line of fire. The ...

The United Nations says nearly one million people are expected to need food aid in the besieged Gaza Strip next year. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) currently provides food for around 813,000 Palestinian refugees, Robert Turner, the UNRWA Gaza director of operations, said on Wednesday. The main reason behind the rise is the ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 6 (MNA) The UN says it had halted work on all but one of its 20 Gaza building projects as a result of an Israeli ban on importing building materials into the Palestinian enclave. Israel imposed the ban after discovering on Oct. 13 a 2.5-km (1-1/2-mile) tunnel under the Gaza border. "We are in now in the fourth week (in which) ...