Chemical Attack
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Wikileaks’ report shows OPCW manipulated report on Douma incident
TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) – WikiLeaks published four new leaked documents from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) showing that the organization manipulated the final report on the alleged chemical attack in Douma.
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Iranian chemical weapon victims to attend OPCW annual conf.
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – A number of Iranian victims of the Iraqi chemical attacks during the 1980-1988 war will accompany the Iranian delegation at the annual anti-chemical conference, which will be held in Hague next week.
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German envoy finds unexpected answers for tourist destinations in Iran
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – German Ambassador to Iran Michael Klor-Berchtold has asked where he could visit in Iran on the occasion of World Tourism Day, but Iranian netizens went to surprise him.
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Iran calls for destruction of US chemical weapons arsenal
TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iran believes that a world free of weapons of mass destruction is only viable through the destruction of the US arsenal, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday.
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MoD:
West must be held accountable for massacre in Yemen
TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Minister of Defense (MoD) Brigadier General Amir Hatami said on Friday that the Western countries, with their false claims on defending human rights, must be held accountable for their arms assistance in the killing of innocent people in Yemen.
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By: Seyyed Saeed Reza Razavi
‘Burned Breaths’ conf. marks anniv. of chemical bombing of Sardasht
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – The conference, ‘Burned Breaths’, was held in Tehran on Tuesday in commemoration of the anniversary of the 1987 Chemical bombing of Sardasht by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the Iraqi-imposed war on Iran. The chemical attack left over 100 people dead and thousands of others severely injured.
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Syria, Russia deny US ‘fabricated’ claims about alleged chemical attack in Idlib
TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – Syrian Foreign Ministry and Russian Defense Ministry denied US claims about an alleged chemical attack in Idlib, describing it as ‘fabricated’ and ‘a cynical lie’ respectively.
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Syrian Foreign Ministry denies reports about use of chemical weapons
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Media reports about the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian army in the Kabani settlement in northern Latakia are fake, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Iran will never forget Halabja disaster, FM Zarif says
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Neither Iran nor the Kurdish brethren will ever forget about horrors of Halabja and Sardasht chemical disasters, the Iranian foreign minister said in a tweet on the anniversary of Iraqi Kurdistan city of Halabja’s chemical attack.
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US accusation on Iran about violating CWC is suspicious: Fitzpatrick
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – Mark Fitzpatrick, director of International Institute for Strategic Studies, says that the timing of the US accusation on Iran about “violating the CWC is suspicious.”
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Zarif rebukes ‘West’s pattern’ in addressing terrorism
TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the US and its regional allies for double standards in addressing terrorism. His criticism comes in the wake of the recent chemical attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
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Iran slams chemical attack in Aleppo
TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Iran has strongly denounced a chemical attack on the residential areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo.
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Nebenzya:
White Helmets plotting fake chemical attacks in Aleppo
NEW YORK, Nov. 06 (MNA) – Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya reaffirmed that the so-called “White Helmets” terrorist organization is plotting a new play through using chemical weapons in Aleppo Countryside with the aim of accusing the Syrian Arab Army.
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Russian MoD:
Terrorists transport chlorine containers to Hama to stage new chemical provocation
LATTAKIA, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Russian Defense Ministry revealed information confirming that terrorist organizations have transported two containers of chlorine substance to a granary , west of Hama province to stage a new chemical attack and accuse the Syrian Arab Army of launching it.
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Hatami warns of emerging Hitlers due to inaction against law violations
TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said that if the world does not adopt measures against international law violations, new Hitlers will emerge.
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
Reasons for US fear of Idlib operation
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Developments in Idlib are accelerating and Damascus and its allies are ready to attack the terrorists. The Syrian army has deployed its forces and equipment around Idlib during recent weeks.
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White Helmets delivered Chemical weapons to terrorists in Idlib: Russia
TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – A Russian defense ministry official announced on Tuesday that members of White Helmets group have delivered a large shipment of toxic substances to a warehouse used by terrorists in Idlib.
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West preparing for new chemical show in Syria: Hezbollah chief
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Secretary General of Lebanese Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah says that the west is making preparations for a new chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib, condemning western countries’ silence about crimes against Yemeni children.
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Russian MoD:
Foreign specialists arrived in Syria to stage chemical attack
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday, that a group of militants, who had undergone training by the Olive Group, planned to stage rescuing the victims of a chemical weapons attack in Idlib.
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US security advisor says US might attack Syria again
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – United States National Security Adviser John Bolton has reportedly said that Washington is prepared to take strong military action against Syria if Damascus allegedly uses chemical weapons.
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Russia says Britons to stage chemical attack in Syria to blame Assad
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – The Russian Defense Ministry announced that a group of militants trained by UK private military company Olive are preparing to stage a chemical attack in Syria's Idlib to frame Assad as using chemical weapons against civilians.
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Iran’s defense min.:
Israel a threat to world’s peace, security
TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – The Iranian defense minister has described the Israeli regime’s stockpiled nuclear, chemical and biological weapons as a threat to world’s peace and security.
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Russian MoD warns of new fabricated chemical provocation in Deir Ezzor
MOSCOW, Jun. 12 (MNA) –The Russian Defense Ministry has revealed that terrorist organizations have brought canisters containing chlorine to the town of Jafra field in Deir Ezzor province to stage another chemical attack and accuse the Syrian army of it.
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Foreign interventions postpone peace in Syria: FM Zarif
TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the unilateral military action [of US, UK, and France] against Syria as a measure postponing the attainment of peace in the war-torn country.
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Russian MoD:
OPCW finds no chemical weapons at Syrian facilities bombed by US
MOSCOW, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Last week, the fact-finding mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited a site in the Damascus suburb of Douma to collect samples in connection with the alleged April 7 chemical attack.
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British ambassador says successful on Tehran mission
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – In his last press conference in Tehran, Nicholas Hopton, the UK envoy to Tehran, who will be replaced by Rob Macaire on Thursday, said that he had been successful in pursuing the goals in his mission to Tehran.
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Iran condemns instrumental, political abuse of OPCW
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Alireza Jahangiri, the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran condemned the abuse of international regulations against the use of chemical weapons by some westerners.
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Iran welcomes pro-Syrian stances of African Union: Ghasemi
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – Bahram Ghasemi, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, referred to the statement issued by the Chairperson of African Union Commission on Syria on Monday, and hailed the approached undertaken by the African body.
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By: Mahmood Monshipouri
On trilateral military strikes against Syria
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – The US surgical attacks—coordinated with France and Britain—against chemical facilities in Syria on Saturday April 13, 2018, in response to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in rebel-held Douma, fell far-short of achieving a broader goal based on a coherent strategy to deal with the Syrian civil war.
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Attack on Syria lacks a legal basis in intl. law: US expert
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that the attack on Syria was “neither in self-defense nor authorized by the United Nations Security Council, it did not have a basis in international law.