President Masoud Pezeshkian is returning to Tehran following a series of meetings with foreign leaders during the UN's 81st General Assembly session.
The general debate of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly continues for a fifth consecutive day, with participation from a number of Arab states.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly via recorded video after the United States denied him a visa to attend in person, as the Palestinian question featured prominently in this year's proceedings.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly session, Iran's Mehr News reported.
Russia's foreign minister held closed-door talks with the UN chief during the General Assembly session, with no opening remarks made to the press.
World leaders continue meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly proceedings in New York, amid notable statements from the Iranian president and Syria's transitional leader.
Deadlock in the Security Council and a more multipolar world are shifting political weight toward the wider assembly.
An American official left the chamber as Iran's president used his UN General Assembly speech to criticize the war with Iran.
Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and several other heads of state are among more than 50 leaders absent from this year's UN General Assembly, citing illness, domestic matters and scheduling conflicts.
Argentine President Javier Milei used his UN General Assembly address to argue the organization overlooked Argentina's position on the Falkland Islands, calling for self-determination not to apply given the population's origins.
The second day of the UN General Assembly's high-level session features addresses from a range of world leaders, including the presidents of Iran, Ukraine and Syria.
A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official said Moscow's delegation to the current UN General Assembly session has received key instructions, with particular focus on opposing what it calls anti-Russian initiatives.
Moscow has sought to distance itself from two agenda items at the UN General Assembly concerning Ukraine's 'temporarily occupied territories' and an international mechanism for criminal tribunals, TASS reports.
As world leaders take the podium at this year's UN General Assembly, Al Jazeera has published an interactive quiz testing readers on well-known quotes from past sessions.
In his last speech to the General Assembly, Guterres cited climate change, war, inequality and the rise of AI among the challenges facing world leaders.
World leaders gather in New York as the General Assembly's annual general debate begins, with every UN member state invited to address the chamber.
Heads of state and government are gathering in New York this week for the UN General Assembly, facing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East alongside growing anxiety over artificial intelligence.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opens his final General Assembly amid faltering diplomacy over Ukraine and the Middle East, NPR reports.
A UN spokesperson said outstanding visa matters for Russian and Palestinian delegations have yet to be settled as the General Assembly's high-level week approaches.
The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution calling for maps to more accurately represent the true size of Africa, according to Al Jazeera.