Iran vs Russia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iran and Russia 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
64.7%
of 5,866 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 29.8% | 245 |
| 1950 | 47.0% | 402 |
| 1960 | 46.5% | 497 |
| 1970 | 61.5% | 948 |
| 1980 | 86.3% | 1,292 |
| 1990 | 55.9% | 742 |
| 2000 | 70.0% | 873 |
| 2010 | 66.6% | 866 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 80.9% | 995 |
| Nuclear weapons | 51.1% | 837 |
| Disarmament | 59.2% | 1,064 |
| Colonialism | 75.1% | 937 |
| Human rights | 73.7% | 969 |
| Economic development | 64.8% | 727 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iran | Russia |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/69/44 | 2014-12-02 | no | yes |
R/67/202 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | 2012-12-21 | no | yes |
R/65/206 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/65/73 DISARMAMENT, GENERAL AND COMPLETE | 2010-12-08 | no | yes |
R/63/168 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2008-12-18 | no | yes |
R/60/72 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at th | 2005-12-08 | yes | no |
R/58/194 Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan : resolution / ado | 2003-12-22 | no | yes |
R/56/173 HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRATIC CONGO | 2001-12-05 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iran and Russia vote together at the UN?
Iran and Russia voted the same way in 64.7% of 5,866 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iran and Russia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iran and Russia largely agree: they voted the same way in 73.7% of 969 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iran and Russia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Iran voted "yes" and Russia voted "no" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).