Chemical Weapons

Iran UN envoy:

Terrorists in Syria accountable for using chemical weapons

TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – Iran's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi stressed that the terror groups operating in Syria had to be held accountable for the use of chemical weapons there.

Iran becomes OPCW Executive Council member

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran became a member of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for a period of 2 years.

Iran's chemical defense power should be improved

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – Head of Iran's Passive Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali called for affiliated Iranian organizations to do their best for improving the country's chemical defense power.

4th Natl. Conf. on Chemical Defense kicks off in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – The Fourth National Conference on Chemical Defense kicked off at the Garden Museum of the Sacred Defense on Tuesday in the presence of high-ranking state and military officials.

Zarif:

US preventing Iran chemical veterans to access medicine

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister said that the new US administration has not left the failed policy of the previous one and by continuing the impose of illegal sanctions prevents Iranian chemical warfare veterans to access medicine.

Zionist regime must be forced to accept CPCW: Iran UN envoy

TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) – Iran's permanent Ambassador to the United Nations called for the full, effective and nondiscriminatory implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (CPCW).

Iran protests dual approach of West to WMD

TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations protested the dual approach of the Western member states of the Security Council to weapons of mass destruction.

Zarif blasts Saddam supporters on Halabja carnage anniv.

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reprimanded those who supplied the former Iraqi dictator with weapons of mass destruction on the anniversary of Halabja chemical attack.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.