Chemical Weapons

Ukraine now is world's largest arms importer

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Ukraine imported weapons from 35 countries between 2020 and 2024. Ukraine has imported 8.8 percent of the total world imports between 2020-24. The US accounted for 45 percent of all deliveries, followed by Germany.

Peace group from Hiroshima visits Iran's Kharg Island

TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – A peace group from the Japanese city of Hiroshima have visited the Iranian island of Kharg in the south of the county in the Persian Gulf.

Iran FM spox:

"There is no statute of limitation for war crimes"

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – The spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry has remembered the Iraqi Baathist regime's chemical attacks on Iran during the imposed war, highlighting that "There is no statute of limitation for war crimes."

Tehran rejects anti-Iranian accusations on violating CWC

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Iran’s mission to the United Nations strongly rejected anti-Iranian claims about violating the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), stating that Iran, as a victim of chemical weapons, is a responsible member of the Convention.

Seoul says it may start sending lethal weapon to Ukraine

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) –  The authorities of the Republic of Korea are considering a proposal for gradually toughening the stance on arms supplies to Ukraine.

Spain's PM urges to stop selling weapons to Zionist regime

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday urged the international community to stop selling weapons to Israel as he condemned attacks by Israel's armed forces against the United Nations' peacekeeping force in Lebanon.

Iranian diplomat:

Israel commits 'barbaric atrocities' in Lebanon with impunity

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – An Iranian diplomat says impunity, along with military and political support for Israel, has emboldened the regime to repeat its "barbaric atrocities" in its massive invasion of Lebanon.

Russian general:

Ukraine uses chemical weapons in attack on Kursk region

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – The commander of the Russian Armed Forces says that the Ukrainian army used chemical weapons in attack on Kursk region of Russia, called smoke grenades.

Iran's UN envoy:

Iran concerned about threat of chemical weapons by terrorists

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the UN said that Iran is deeply concerned about the threat of terrorist groups acquiring chemical weapons, stressing the urgent need for stronger international cooperation to confront this danger.

Iran president-elect:

Sanctioning states gave Saddam chemical arms against Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – The Iranian President-Elect Masoud Pezeshkian has criticized some certain Western states for delivering chemical arms to the Saddam Hussein Baathist regime in Iraq to use them against Iranian civilians.

Iran acting FM:

West uses intl. mechanisms to allow for Israeli crimes

TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says that the same Western states who had supported the Ba'ath regime in Iraq are now supporting the Israeli regime.

Bagheri remembers victims of Sardasht chemical bombing

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri honored the memory of those killed in chemical attacks on the country’s northwestern city of Sardasht four decades ago.

Russia begins tactical nuclear weapons drills: defense min.

TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – Russian military has begun the first stage of military exercises involving tactical nuclear weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

Iran FM spox:

Halabja tragedy bitter example of West double standards on HR

TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani says the tragedy of the deadly chemical attack on the Iraqi city of Halabja in 1988 is a bitter example of the West's double standard policies on human rights.

Iran backs constructive dialogue between Syria, OPCW: Envoy

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN stressed that his country supports the continuation of constructive dialogue between Syria and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Iran warns about Israeli use of chemical weapons in Gaza

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs issued a warning to the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons over the Israel regime's use of chemical weapons in Gaza.

Iran backs OPCW-Syria dialogue, calls for impartial probe

TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – Iranian UN envoy said Iran backs dialogue between Syria and the world's chemical watchdog as well as an impartial probe into alleged chemical incidents in Syria towards eventual closure of the country's chemical file.

Syria condemns France, US statements over chemical arms use

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Syria condemned Washington and Paris for making statements reiterating false accusations about the use of chemical weapons in 2013 and other fabricated and forged incidents.

Envoy:

US supplied chemical weapons to terrorists to implicate Syria

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Syria’s deputy permanent representative to the UN says US forces have supplied Takfiri terrorists in the strategic al-Tanf area in southern Syria with chemical weapons and trained them how to use them to incriminate Damascus.

Antonov:

US distracting attention from itself by denigrating others

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Washington is trying to distract attention from its own sins by making allegations of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, Russian Ambassador to Washington said Friday.

Biden claims US chemical weapons stockpile fully destroted

TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – In a statement issued by the White House, US President Joe Biden claimed that the destruction of the country's chemical weapons stockpiles was completed.

Chemical weapons watchdog says;

World must ensure tragedies like Sardasht are a thing of past

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – The head of the world’s chemical weapons watchdog has called on the international community to renew its commitment to the lasting eradication of chemical weapons on the 36th anniversary of the Sardasht chemical attack.

Amir-Abdollahian:

Iran not to forgive Sardasht chemical attack perpetrators

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran will neither forget nor forgive the perpetrators of the Sardasht chemical attack.

Iran calls on OPCW meet medical needs of chemical veterans

TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Iran is the biggest victim of chemical weapons in the contemporary era, the Iranian Deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs said, calling on OPCW to meet the medical needs of the said veterans.

Biden claims;

US ready to destroy its chemical weapons stockpiles by fall

TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) – The US government is ready to complete the process of destroying its chemical weapons by this fall, US President Biden said.

Envoy:

Iranians not to forget West's role in chemical attacks

TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations has said that Iranians will never forget the role that some Western states played in assisting the Saddam regime in the systematic use of chemical weapons against the Iranians.

HR Cheif:

130,000 chemical victims result of arming Saddam regime

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – 13,000 martyrs and 130,000 chemical victims in Iran are the result of arming Saddam's regime with chemical weapons by Western countries, Iran’s top human rights official says.

Iran UN envoy:

Using chemical weapons crime against humanity

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Saying that using chemical weapons is a crime against humanity, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns using such weapons.

Iran questions chemical watchdog's Syria report credibility

TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – Iran's UN mission questions the credibility of a report issued by the world chemical watchdog that accuses Syria of an alleged 2018 chemical attack against the Arab country's own people.

Syria rejects OPCW report on alleged 2018 chemical attack

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – The Syrian foreign ministry has categorically rejected a report by the chemical weapons watchdog, accusing Damascus of an alleged 2018 chemical attack against its own people.