Iran vs Israel: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iran and Israel vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.
Overall agreement
29.6%
of 5,424 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 54.0% | 87 |
| 1950 | 51.5% | 392 |
| 1960 | 63.9% | 477 |
| 1970 | 51.6% | 838 |
| 1980 | 22.1% | 1,174 |
| 1990 | 18.5% | 741 |
| 2000 | 14.4% | 860 |
| 2010 | 11.5% | 854 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 1.1% | 966 |
| Nuclear weapons | 23.6% | 821 |
| Disarmament | 31.5% | 1,047 |
| Colonialism | 21.4% | 866 |
| Human rights | 15.0% | 941 |
| Economic development | 35.0% | 663 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iran | Israel |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/84 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/43 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iran and Israel vote together at the UN?
Iran and Israel voted the same way in 29.6% of 5,424 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iran and Israel agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iran and Israel mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 15.0% of 941 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iran and Israel last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Iran voted "yes" and Israel voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).