Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says that the Islamic Republic has always defended the elimination of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and is now among the most active countries to work for a world free of chemical weapons.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister on Legal Affairs Reza Najafi has termed Iran as the biggest victim of chemical weapons in the contemporary era. Najafi made the remarks on Wednesday in a meeting with Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Fernando Arias. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the second ...

An Iranian envoy to the UN has voiced regret over the politicization of Syrias chemical file by certain countries, calling for an end to such a trend that has undermined the authority of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the credibility of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. It is extremely disappointing that the Syrian chemical ...

Irans Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations strongly condemned any use of chemical weapons, urging the western countries to abandon politicizing in dealing with these types of weapons. Speaking in a meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Fri. with the subject of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Syria. Majid Takht-...

IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message commemorated heroes of Iran-Iraq imposed war, saying we stood tall. "We commemorate our fallen heroes40 yrs after Saddams invasion & start of 8 yr Iran-Iraq war," Zarif wrote in his Twitter account on Monday. "We stood tall, with the world supporting the aggressoreven w/ chemical ...

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. In a message on the anniversary of the chemical bombing of the western Iranian city Sardasht in 1987, the Iranian foreign minister said, "Iran, once more,...

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. Its been over 14 years since the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, but the US has yet to destroy its chemical weapons arsenal,...

IRNA US claim that Iran is secretive about the issue of chemical weapons is baseless, Iran said through a statement Friday. The statement was released by Director General of the Department of International Peace and Security of Irans Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reza Najafi in response to the anti-Iran claim made by the US Ambassador to the Organization ...

Tasnim Head of Irans Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali highlighted the organizations preparedness to repel any incidents and said the country has been boosting its infrastructure to counter chemical and nuclear threats. Civil defense exists in all countries inthe world and it means defending and protecting people from ...

Press TV- The Syrian military has found a workshop used by foreign-backed militants to make chemical weapons, Russian media say. The workshop was discovered in a recently-liberated area in Eastern Ghouta where Syrian troops are fighting foreign-backed extremists and Takfiri terrorists, Russian news agencies reported Monday,citing a fieldcommander....

Press TV- Leaderof the Islamic Revolution AyatollahSeyyedAli Khamenei has blasted certain countries for applying a double-standard approach to the use of chemical weapons. At a Saturday meeting with a group of teenagers and youths in Tehran, the Leader pointed to the use of chemical weapons by the regime of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ...

MNA Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons issued a letter of condolence on the passing of the war veteran Ali Khosh Lafz. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which is located in The Hague, the Netherlands, sent a letter of condolence to Ali Khosh Lafzs wife calling him an illustrative representative of the ...

Press TV - The Syrian military has found large amounts of chemical weapons and explosive devices while engaged in mop-up operations against Daesh in the countrys eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr. According to Syria's officialnewsagencySANA on Sunday, booby-traps, drones, bombs and ground mines and explosive belts were also found by Syrian forces ...

Press TV - Russia has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at renewing a UN probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. On Tuesday, two other UNSC members Russia and Bolivia also voted against the mandate, while China and Kazakhstan abstained from voting on the US-prepared document. During this week, the ...

Press TV - The head of the Russian military's branch for protection from chemical weapons says his forces have managed to dismantle two chemical weapons facilities in theformerly militant-held areas in war-torn Syria. Major General Igor Kirillov said on Friday that Moscow will provide the data to theOrganization for the Prohibition of Chemical ...

Tasnim An American political scientist said US-backed rebels operating in Syria are seeking to provoke an incident of using chemical weapons, stressing that there is no strategic sense for the government of President Bashar Assad to use chemical weapons in the Arab country. There is no strategic sense for the Assad government to use chemical ...

MNA Ahmet zmc, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday. Speaking during the meeting, Zarif said the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the victims of the chemical weapons use by the regime of Saddam during the eight-year Imposed War emphasizing ...

IRNA Chemical bombardment of Irans northwestern city of Sardasht was a disastrous event which drew worlds attention to the terrible dimensions of chemical weapons that led to international talks regarding the need for freedom from the horrible scourge. Head of Foreign Ministrys Mission in West Azarbaijan Ahmad Montazami marked the anniversary of ...

IRNA The emergency meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council ended on Wednesday without voting for the Western countries plan to condemn Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons in Khan Shaykhun near Idleb. According to foreign media, France, Britain and US has presented a draft resolution trying to accuse Syria of using chemical weapons ...

Tasnim Irans permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) called on the member states to avoid politicizing the dossier on chemical weapons in Syria and help improve the critical situation in the Arab country instead. Addressing the 84th session of the OPCW Executive Council in The Hague, Alireza ...