UN diplomat resigns over claims of planned nuclear strike on Iran

UN diplomat resigns over claims of planned nuclear strike on Iran Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 03/31/2026 - 15:45 Mohamad Safa, a UN representative for the Patriotic Vision Association NGO, also claimed that senior figures at the UN were 'serving a powerful lobby' Mohamad Safa, a UN representative for the Patriotic Vision Association, at UN offices in Geneva (Wikimedia Commons) Off A diplomat at the United Nations resigned from his post on Friday and accused the international body of preparing for a scenario involving the possible use of nuclear weapons on Iran . Mohamad Safa, a UN representative for the Patriotic Vision Association (PVA), a non-governmental organisation that holds special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc), said that he resigned from his role in order to "leak the information", before claiming that some senior figures at the UN had been "serving a powerful lobby" and not the UN itself. "This is a picture of Tehran.