Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations has called for the full, effective and non-discriminatory implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), emphasizing that the Israeli regime must be forced to join the international treaty. Politically-motivated approaches and decisions have undermined the authority and credibility of ...

rans UN ambassador has censured the misuse of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Security Council to bring groundless charges against Syria, warning that such an unproductive approach will damage the credibility of the world body. Speaking during a Security Council meeting onSyria and chemical weapons on Monday, Majid Takht-Ravanchisaid ...

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. It appears to be politically motivated as part of the campaign of maximum pressure on Iran, Fitzpatrick told the Tehran Times in an exclusive interview. Following ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has categorically dismissed the US baseless accusations that Tehran has breached the Chemical Weapons Convention. During the Fourth Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Hague on Thursday, the US mission to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ...

Press TV - Tehran says the American economic sanctions against Iran could hamperimports of medicine meant for victims of chemical attacks, despite Washingtons claims to the contrary. Gholam-HosseinDehqani, Iranian deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, made the remarks in an address to the Fourth Review Conferenceof the Chemical ...

FNA - Iran called on the US and Israel to join and implement the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), stressing the need for disarmament of all countries from chemical arms. "Despite implementation of the CWC, the danger of using chemical and toxic materials has not yet been obviated and the irresponsible performance of the terrorist groups in this ...

Though chemical weapons have been used, more or less, since antiquity, their devastating use in the 20th century dates back to the World War I when over 50,000 tons of toxic gases, including chlorine, phosgene and mustard, were deployed by both sides of the conflict, with France as the pioneer using tear gas. In the years after the Great War, including ...

[caption id="attachment_134406" align="alignright" width="191"] Ahmad Zangiabadi in January 2014. (Photo courtesy of Time Magazine)[/caption] Introduction to this story by the UN Resident Coordinator in Iran The United Nations, in its mandate to promote peace, has ardently opposed the use of chemical weapons. In September 1982, the UN General Assembly ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A Syrian deputy foreign minister underlined his countrys determination to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), and thanked Tehran for providing Damascus with technical assistance in that regard. Syrias Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Meqdaddescribed Irans assistance and consultations to the Arab country to get rid of ...

An Iranian official says Israels refusal to join international treaties on disarmament causes instability and insecurity in the region. The non-membership of the Zionist regime in disarmament treaties, including the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), has led to instability and security concerns for countries in the Middle East region, said Kazem Gharibabadi,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrias endorsement of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) prevented the break-out of a new war in the region and took the excuse from the US and its allies, the Iranian parliament's research center said in a report on Sunday. Syrias membership in the CWC practically took away the excuse that the US and its western-Arab allies had ...

An Iranian lawmaker has stressed the importance of the establishment of a Middle East region free of nuclear weapons, calling for the denuclearization of Israel. The Islamic Republic of Irans policy is [based on] efforts to materialize the idea of a Middle East without nuclear weapons and [to achieve this goal] the Zionist regime [of Israel] must ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran called on all the world states, specially those in the Middle-East region, to join the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) to further improve regional security. "Given the fact that after Syria's accession to the CWC, a few number of states, including the Zionist regime, are the only cases in the Middle-East region which have ...

Irans permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) welcomes Syrias signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and says the Israeli regime should follow suit. We expect Syrias decision to set an example for non-members particularly the Zionist regime [of Israel] to immediately join the Convention ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrias ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) brings the number of nations on the planet who arent participants down to six, and is bringing some uncomfortable new attention to the one right beside Syria: the Zionist regime of Israel. Israel responded to Syrias ratification by ruling out doing the same, insisting that ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syria's Minister for National Reconciliation Ali Haidar announced on Saturday that if the US wants Russia's plan on Syria's chemical weapons to go into action, it should stop its threats against Damascus. "We are speaking about a plan which falls within the framework of a complete process," Haidar told FNA in Damascus today. "The ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there is still a chance for peace in Syria and the world must not let it pass. "I am certain that there's a chance for peace in Syria," he said, adding a warning that military intervention would further destabilize Syria and the region, Interfax news agency reported on Thursday. Speaking ...

In a recent piece for Foreign Policy, former Obama Iran hand Robert Einhorn argues that Iran should not be allowed to enrich uranium because he feels Iran is not in compliance with its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) obligations, saying: [W]hat is not debatable is that Iran has forfeitedat least temporarilyany right to enrichment (and reprocessing) ...