Deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs who is in Hague, the Netherlands, in a meeting with the director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) complained about the scarcity of medicine for chemical weapons victims in Iran. Reza Najafi in his meeting with OPCW head Fernando Arias referred to ...

Irans Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeed Iravani on Thursday called on the UN Security Council to provide support for constructive interaction between Syria and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Referring to Syrias efforts to fulfill its commitments before the OPCW, the Iranian ...

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 ...

[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 ...

  The director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has paid tribute tovictims of Iraqi chemical attacks on an Iranian border city 27 years ago. On behalf of the OPCW, I wish to convey my deepest sympathies to the authorities and people of Sardasht for those who suffered and perished as a result of this ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:     Iran: IRGC Quds force commander not in Iraq The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday rejected recent media reports that Commander of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani is in Iraq to help the country in its war on terrorists,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Special Coordinator of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Sigrid Kaag, arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on a number of issues, Syria in particular. Kaag is slated to discuss the Syrian crisis with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and other senior ...

Iran has underlined the necessity of the complete destruction of chemical weapons across the world. Iranian Ambassador to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Alireza Jahangiri said chemical-armed countries need to meet the set deadlines on the complete elimination of their stockpiles. He added that Iran, as a major ...

Jan 9 (Reuters) -Germanywill help destroy Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons materials as part of an international disarmament programme, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday. The new Social Democrat (SPD) minister said countries with the technical capacity to help should not refuse. "Therefore we in the German government ...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has called for the removal of Syrias entire chemical weapons materials out of the country by the end of June. This movement is very important because its the first important step in an expected process of continued movement for the onward destruction out of [the] country, said SigridKaag,...

[caption id="attachment_59283" align="alignright" width="180"] Foreign-backed militants operating in Syria (file photo)[/caption] The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has praised Russia for its role in the removal of Syrias chemical arms stockpile. "We highly appreciate Russia's efforts," Ahmet Uzumcu, the OPCW head,...

Barrels packed with explosives and dropped from Syrian aircraft have killed 517 people in the northern province of Aleppo since 15 December, activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 151 were children and 46 women. The city of Aleppo has been the focus of bitter fighting between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels. A ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The removal of deadly toxins from Syria under an international effort to rid the nation of its chemical arsenal will likely miss a December 31 deadline, the global chemical arms watchdog said. Bad weather and shifting battlefronts in Syria's civil war have delayed the delivery of essential supplies to sites where the toxins ...

The plan for the destruction of all Syrian chemical stockpiles outside the country will be released on Dec. 17, a UN spokesperson said on Wednesday. "Practicalities are currently being discussed and the final details are being worked out," UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky said at a daily news briefing here. He said that what must be eliminated are ...

[caption id="attachment_51578" align="alignright" width="180"] The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) - It will be "difficult" to remove all of Syria's most toxic chemical weapons from the country by a December 31 deadline, Ahmet Uzumcu, the head of the global chemicals ...

Iran is elected to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for a two-year term. The Islamic Republic was unanimously elected to the council during the 18th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the OPCW. The Executive Council consists of the following regional groups: Africa, Asia, Eastern ...

[caption id="attachment_66089" align="alignright" width="180"] Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Abbas Araqchi speaks to reporters in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 21, 2013.[/caption] Berlin, Dec 4, IRNA The Netherlands? Foreign Minister, by underlining full support of his country for Geneva nuclear agreement,...

Iranian victims of chemical weapons attacks during the Iran-Iraq war have travelled to The Hague to share their story at a conference of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),Press TVreports. I have been suffering from this pain for 20 years, Im a living proof of what these weapons do, but I want to be an example so others ...

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,...

Berlin, Dec 3, IRNA Iranian Ambassador to The Hague and the Islamic Republics Permanent Representative in the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) called the Zionist regimes atomic weapons as the reason for insecurity and instability in the Middle East. Kazzem Qaribabadi called on the international community to concrete measures ...