Pakistan, Jan. 16 -- Pakistan told the UN Security Council on Thursday that it hopes for an early normalisation of the situation in Iran, cautioning that international law prohibits external interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states.

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Speaking at an emergency meeting convened by the United States to discuss unrest in Iran, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, stressed that the UN Charter prohibits the threat or use of force against states' territorial integrity or political independence.

"We have been carefully observing developments in Iran and the region in recent days," he said, describing new threats to regi...