Deputy FM: Drugs for chemical victims hardly found
Deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs who is in Hague, the Netherlands, in a meeting with the director general of…
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Iran urges UNSC’s support for constructive interaction between Syria, OPCW
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeed Iravani on Thursday called on the UN Security Council to provide…
Iran opposes politicization of Syria chemical weapons case
Tasnim– Iran’s permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) called on the member states to avoid politicizing…
Obituary: Ahmad Zangiabadi (1965-2014) chemical weapons victim from the Iran-Iraq war
Introduction to this story by the UN Resident Coordinator in Iran The United Nations, in its mandate to promote peace, has ardently…
OPCW chief pays tribute to Iran chemical attack victims
The director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has paid tribute to victims of Iraqi chemical attacks on…
Iran says IRGC Quds force commander not in Iraq
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran: IRGC Quds force commander not in Iraq The Iranian Foreign…
OPCW special coordinator in Tehran to discuss Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Special Coordinator of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Sigrid Kaag, arrived in Tehran on Wednesday…
Iran calls for world free of chemical weapons
Iran has underlined the necessity of the complete destruction of chemical weapons across the world. Iranian Ambassador to the Organization for the…
Germany will help dispose of Syrian chemical weapons
Jan 9 (Reuters) – Germany will help destroy Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons materials as part of an international disarmament programme, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter…
OPCW urges scheduled Syria CW removal
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has called for the removal of Syria’s entire chemical weapons materials out of…
OPCW praises Russia for role in Syria CW removal
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has praised Russia for its role in the removal of Syria’s chemical arms…
Barrel bombs ‘kill 517 in Aleppo since 15 December’
Barrels packed with explosives and dropped from Syrian aircraft have killed 517 people in the northern province of Aleppo since 15 December,…
Removal of chemical weapons from Syria delayed
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The removal of deadly toxins from Syria under an international effort to rid the nation of its chemical arsenal…
Syrian chemical weapons disposal plan to be released next week: UN
The plan for the destruction of all Syrian chemical stockpiles outside the country will be released on Dec. 17, a UN spokesperson…
OPCW: Hard to remove all chemical weapons from Syria by December
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – It will be “difficult” to remove all of Syria’s most toxic chemical weapons from the country by a December…
Iran elected to OPCW Executive Council
Iran is elected to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for a two-year term. The…
Netherlands fully supports Geneva nuclear agreement
Berlin, Dec 4, IRNA – The Netherlandsˈ Foreign Minister, by underlining full support of his country for Geneva nuclear agreement, said that…
Iran CW victims travel to Hague for OPCW conference
Iranian victims of chemical weapons attacks during the Iran-Iraq war have travelled to The Hague to share their story at a conference…
Iran slams Israel refusal to join disarmament pacts
An Iranian official says Israel’s refusal to join international treaties on disarmament causes instability and insecurity in the region. “The non-membership of…
Iran’s envoy calls for annihilation of chemical weapons
Berlin, Dec 3, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to The Hague and the Islamic Republic’s Permanent Representative in the Organization for Prohibition of…
Uzumcu hails Iran as influential OPCW member
TEHRAN (FNA)- Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Ahmet Uzumcu described Iran as an active and effective member…
Israeli forces open fire at farmers in Southern Gaza
TEHRAN (FNA)- Israeli forces early Sunday shot at Palestinian farmers near Rafah in Southern Gaza, locals said. Witnesses said Israeli forces opened…
Iran calls for swift destruction of chemical weapons removed from Syria
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran’s permanent representative at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Kazem Gharib-Abadi called for the swift annihilation of…
OPCW adopts new Syria chem weapons plan after Albania’s stance
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) adopted a new plan for the destruction of Syria’s chemical…
One Syria CW site remains to be verified
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says only one of the declared chemical weapons sites in Syria remains to…
Syria destroys all CW installations: OPCW
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says Syria has destroyed all its declared chemical weapons installations. The international chemical…
UN: Syria on target to destroy chemical arms
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syria is on target to meet a looming deadline to destroy its chemical weapons production equipment, even though inspectors…
Syria plan advances chemical mission: China
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has welcomed Syria’s submission of a detailed plan on the destruction of its chemical weapons arsenal to the…
Syria submits chemical weapons destruction plan
A team of international investigators says Syria has submitted a detailed plan to destroy its chemical weapons arsenal. The Hague-based Organization for…
OPCW-UN coordinator: Damascus completely cooperates with experts
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Coordinator of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)-United Nations Joint Mission in Syria Sigrid Kaag announced…
OPCW verifies 11 sites identified by Syria
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says it has verified 11 sites identified by the Syrian government. “The OPCW…
OPCW calls for short-term ceasefire in Syria
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has called for a short-term ceasefire in Syria to allow its inspectors to…
Iran congratulates OPCW for 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has congratulated the director-general, staff and member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)…
Nobel Prize part of West’s propaganda fog
The Nobel Peace Prize should be renamed the Nobel Propaganda Prize, after this year’s ever-so contrived award to the UN-approved chemical weapons…
Chemical Weapons Watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize
LONDON — Urging the destruction of an “entire category” of unconventional weapons, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2013 Peace Prize on…
No Nobel for Malala
Despite Pakistani teen activist Malala Yoususfzai being the hottest contender for the Nobel Peace Prize 2013, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical…
Chemical Weapons inspectors visit 3 sites in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- International weapons inspectors in Syria have visited three sites so far across the country as part of the UN program…
New chemical arms inspectors arrive in Syria
A second team of international chemical weapons inspectors has joined a mission already in Syria, as part of an agreement to eliminate…
Chemical weapons team continues mission in Syria
The team of experts from the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), who are currently in Syria,…
Syria vows to cooperate with disarmament experts
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stressed his government’s resolve to fully cooperate with the international chemical experts tasked with overseeing the process…