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I have the honour to enclose a copy of a note verbale dated 24 May 2010 (see annex) that has been sent by the United States Mission to the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations as a response to its notes of 15 March 2010 and of 7 May 2010 (see A/AC.154/393, annex) regarding delays in visa issuance and denial of a visa for the Deputy Foreign Minister, Mohammad Mehdi Akhonzadeh Basti.

The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations presents its compliments to the United States Mission to the United Nations and has the honour to refer to the latter’s note verbale dated 24 May 2010 concerning the denial of a United States entry visa to Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh Basti, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs.

[...] Vice-President Abdel Mahdi, a leading figure [...] [...]

The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations presents its compliments to the United States Mission to the United Nations and has the honour to draw the latter’s attention to the long delays in the processing of requests for an entry visa to the United States for H.E. Mr. Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh Basti, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who is in charge of United Nations affairs.

[...] [...] al-Hashemi and Abdul Mahdi, we discussed the [...] [...]

At the same time, I would like to warmly commend and thank our colleague from Azerbaijan, Ambassador Mehdiyev, for his very effective stewardship of the Council in the month of May.

At the same meeting, statements were made by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France (on behalf of the European Union); Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania (on behalf of the African Union); Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan; Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria; José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission; Ángel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes, President of Sao Tome and Principe; James Alix Michel, President of Seychelles; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Laurent Gbagbo, President of Côte d’Ivoire; Óscar Arias Sánchez, President of Costa Rica; and Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Comoros.

In particular, the issues at hand are, inter alia, the protection to the Ahmadis, the disputes regarding building places of worship, and the problems of practicing one’s religion.

(f) Other supplies, services and equipment ($10,693,500, or 53.3 per cent): resulting mainly from the deployment of chartered aircraft and vessels to transport equipment, assets and supplies from the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, and from Miami, Florida, United States of America, to Haiti following the earthquake; the inadvertent recording of expenditures related to special measures for United Nations Volunteers, as well as independent contractors; the replenishment costs of equipment and supplies shipped from the strategic deployment stocks in the United Nations Logistics Base to the Mission after the earthquake; and miscellaneous earthquake-related claims.

(d) Hebron: the salvage excavations at Bir Haram ar-Rameh near Hebron were completed according to the plans, and final reports submitted in April 2004.

On 9 January 2007, the Treasury Department also designated Bank Sepah International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank Sepah located in London, and Bank Sepah’s chairman and managing director, Ahmad Derakhshandeh, for acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of Bank Sepah.

When Sheikh Sharif became President of a reconstituted [...] [...]

Secretaries-General Le Roy and Malcorra and the Special Representative Hédi Annabi for their thoughtful remarks.

Ya Mahdi Industries Group [...] [...]

They confirmed their support for Iran’s Islamic Revolution, the institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and rejected the foreign interference and defamation campaign unleashed against that brother country and friend of ALBA.

(Azerbaijan): At the outset, I would like to thank the Legal Counsel and UnderSecretary-General, Ms. Patricia O’Brien, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yuri Fedotov, for their briefings and the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on specialized anti-piracy courts in Somalia and other States in the region (S/2012/50).

both op. cit; Middle East Briefing No 18, Iran: What Does Ahmadi-Nejad’s Victory Mean?

[...] [...] President of Somalia, Sheikh Sherif Ahmed; the Minister [...] [...]

Fourthly, the vast support for the Istanbul Conference on Somalia is most encouraging and will strengthen the Government of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his peace efforts with all Somalis ready to talk stability and to set aside their arms.

Chair The members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo have the honour to transmit the interim report of the Group, prepared in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Security Council resolution 2021 (2011).

Bilateral talks in Islamabad between the Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Zalmai Rassoul, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on 24 and 25 June confirmed a mutual desire to increase joint efforts to respond to security concerns and bolster economic cooperation.

In remarks last Friday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that “the very existence of the Zionist regime is ... an affront to all world nations” and called on “all human communities to wipe out this scarlet letter, meaning the Zionist regime, from the forehead of humanity”.

Regarding the protection of the Ahmadis, the Government is of the view that the Law No. 1/PNPS/1965, which has undergone a judicial review at the Constitutional Court, provides the basis for maintaining public order in the community in terms of religious issues.

Indeed, in this spirit, the implementing regulation. i.e. the 2008 Joint Ministerial Decree on Ahmadiyah, regulates the proselysation of the Ahmadis as well as the call for all people to forbid resort of violence against certain religous groups.