Islamic Republic of Iran
Ambassador Mohammad Javan Zarif
Iran requested permission to participate in the UN Security Council debate on the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. The last time Iran was an elected member of the UN Security Council was 1956_1957. Mohammad Javan Zarif has served as Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations since August 2002. The following is excerpted from the 4,929 th meeting of the Security Council on March 23, 2004, and the 4,935 th meeting of the Security Council on March 25, 2004, in New York.Once again the Council has convened to debate yet another atrocious crime perpetrated by a regime that has tried…