Iran’s Foreign Ministry called on international organizations and the world countries to take action against the Zionist regime’s plans to expand Israeli settlements and annex parts of the occupied West Bank.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres held talks on the phone.

Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi said in a Twitter message that US attempted to distort provision of UN Resolution 2231 on timely lifting arms embargo on Iran.

The Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations in a Sunday report called the US sanctions the “fifth column” of the pandemic by hampering Iran's efforts to contain the deadly virus.