Chemical Weapons

Iran raps Germany for role in arming Saddam with chem. weapon

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva lashed out at Germany for non-responding to its role in equipping former deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons during Iraqi imposed war on Iran.
2021-01-27 13:26
Iran victim of chemical weapons

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – In a tweet on Mon. the Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov reminded US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Iran is a victim of chemical weapons.
2021-01-11 19:11
Pompeo accuses Iran of violating Chemical Weapons Convention

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took a hostile stance against Iran, accusing it of violating the Chemical Weapons Convention.
2021-01-11 15:00
Syria calls for closing chemical file completely: Al-Jaafari

TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) – Syria has reiterated the necessity of closing chemical file completely and getting it out of political tricks and misleading media as it has met all its obligations regarding its joining to Chemical Weapons Convention in 2013.
2020-12-12 11:00
Iran UN envoy:

West should abandon politicizing in dealing with chem. weapon

TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) – Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations strongly condemned any use of chemical weapon, urging the western countries to abandon politicizing in dealing with these types of weapons.
2020-12-12 10:38
E3: Defenders of peace or mass producers of WMDs?

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – Following is an Ope-ed published by the official website of the Islamic Revolution Leader regarding the European countries' claims of defending human rights.
2020-11-30 17:15
Conf. on passive defense against chemical weapons

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – The National Conference on Passive Defense against Chemical Weapons was held in Tehran on Sunday, on the 33rd anniversary of the chemical bombardment of the Iranian city of Sardasht by former Saddam's regime.
2020-06-28 12:29
Iran’s Sardasht; first victim of chemical weapons

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – 33 years ago on this day, Saddam Hussein’s regime used the chemical weapons made by Western countries against civilians of Sardasht to make Iran the first victim of chemical weapons.
2020-06-28 09:24
Sanctions, assassination of Gen. Soleimani, not to break people’s resistance: FM Zarif

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the US' imposition of sanctions against Islamic Republic of Iran and assassination of martyr Lt. Gen. Soleimani will not break the resistance and endurance of people.
2020-06-27 20:06
Syria urges US, Israeli regime to stop developing WMDs

TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – Syrian Foreign Ministry noted in a Monday statement that US should take practical steps to prohibit developing weapons of mass destruction and to pressure the Israeli regime to sign related conventions.
2019-12-03 10:01
Iran becomes a member in OPCW’s executive council

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – the Islamic Republic of Iran became a member of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) during the 24th Annual Conference of members of the Organization.
2019-11-29 10:32
Iran, Russia stress boosting cooperation within OPCW framework

TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Senior Iranian and Russian diplomats discussed on Monday the ways to boost cooperation between the two countries within the frameworks defined by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
2019-11-26 13:32
US chemical weapons a threat to international peace, security: Iran Deputy FM

TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Gholamhossein Dehghani, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, has addressed the Twenty-Fourth Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
2019-11-25 22:00
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.
2019-11-23 19:45
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.
2019-09-28 10:30
Iran calls on OPCW to counter US unilateral sanctions

TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – Iran’s permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has called on the OPCW member states to stand against the US’ unilateral and inhumane sanctions on Iran.
2019-07-12 11:12
Iran, Japan hold talks on non-proliferation in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran and Japan held talks on disarmament and non-proliferation issues in a meeting in Tehran.
2019-07-04 10:57
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.
2019-06-28 14:16
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.
2019-06-28 13:05
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.
2019-06-25 14:06
Zarif derides US, Israeli claims on opposing weapons of mass destruction

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Zarif says the US and Israeli regime, with their huge arsenal of chemical and nuclear weapons, have no right to call themselves leading countries in combating weapons of mass destruction.
2019-06-25 13:36
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.
2019-05-20 14:27
Moscow:

Washington seeks to retract withdrawing its forces from Syria

MOSCOW, Jan. 12 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow had the impression that the United States was trying to back down from withdrawing its forces from Syria.
2019-01-12 11:22
Iran slams US adverse role in failure of OPCW Review Conf.

TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Iran in an address to the OPCW 4th Review Conference has condemned the US destructive polices in violation of all international agreements, saying Washington is not fit to object to the decisions of OPCW member states.
2018-12-01 13:43
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.”
2018-11-27 14:39
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.
2018-11-25 16:40
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.
2018-11-25 16:06
US, biggest violator of Chemical Weapons Convention: Iran

TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) – Iran in an address to the CWC review conference has recounted all instances in which US has violated the Chemical Weapons Convention, reminding the intl. community that the country has not yet completed the destruction of its chemical weapons stockpile.
2018-11-24 10:58
Zarif slams US ‘obscene, dangerous’ chemical warfare claims

TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif has denounced the US’ “obscene” and “dangerous” accusations that Tehran has failed to declare ‘a toxic arms program’ to the OPCW in breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
2018-11-24 09:26
Russian FM:

OPCW report on Syria drafted with violations

MOSCOW, Nov. 18 (MNA) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said the report of OPCW on Syria was drafted with numerous violations and is contrary to the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the OPCW’s principles of confidentiality.
2018-11-18 10:32