Nuclear Weapons
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Araghchi:
Israeli atomic threats to shift security equation in region
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran’s Strategic Council of Foreign Relations. Israeli officials’ threats to use nuclear weapons will change the security equation in West Asia as it will prompt others to revise their nuclear doctrine.
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Iran does not need nuclear weapons: Raeisi
TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Iranian President has categorically rejected the Western states claim that Tehran intends to build nuclear weapons, saying that the high-level enrichment was a response to Westerners reneging on their promises.
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Iran has no plan to have nuclear weapons: Lavrov
TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Iran does not have a plan to build nuclear arms, affirming a Fatwa by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution which bans possessing those weapons.
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Medvedev says nuclear apocalypse 'quite probable'
TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – Russia’s former president early Monday said that the scenario of a nuclear apocalypse is “quite probable.”
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Russia does not threaten anyone with nuclear weapons: dep. FM
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Russia does not threaten anyone with nuclear weapons, Western capitals are introducing nuclear rhetoric, trying to make it look like Moscow is preparing to deliver strikes WMDs, Deputy FM Ryabkov said.
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Iran UN envoy:
Promises to stop nuclear tests must become binding obligation
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Iran’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN said that the unilateral promises to stop nuclear tests are in no way a substitute for nuclear disarmament and must become a binding legal obligation.
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Amid global tensions;
US Air Force tests nuclear-capable long-range missile
TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – The US Air Force test-fired a long-range missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons early Tuesday morning amid tensions with China over Pelosi's provocative visit to Taiwan.
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Kremlin:
Pumping Ukraine with weapons is threat to European security
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – The Kremlin said on Thursday that Western arms supplies to Ukraine, including heavy weapons, posed a threat to the security of the European continent.
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Putin after Geneva 2021:
Russia, US bear special responsibility for strategic stablity
TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – Vladimir Putin said after the Geneva summit that Russia and the United States have reached an agreement to return one another's ambassadors to their respective diplomatic postings.