Press TV has conducted an interview with Nader Bagherzadeh, a political commentator from Irvine, to ask for his insight on the failure the NPT Review conferenceafter the US blocked a final resolution aimed at establishing a nuclear-free Middle East. The following is a rough transcription of the interview.   Press TV:Can you please give ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that the failure to hold a conference on establishing a nuclear-weapons-free-zone in the Middle East this year could jeopardize the success of next year's review of the landmark 1970 agreement aimed at stopping the spread of nuclear arms. Ban urged all parties to finalize arrangements for ...

[caption id="attachment_39593" align="alignright" width="180"] File photo shows Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor in the Negev Desert.[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior member of the European Parliament (EP) Hannes Swobodaunderlined that any effort to free the Middle-East region from the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) must include Israel's atomic arsenal....

[caption id="attachment_31666" align="alignright" width="240"] Iraqi soldiers patrol after a bomb damaged a bus carrying Iranian religious tourists in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad. (File photo)[/caption] Iran news headlines on Saturday include FM spokesman condemnation of terrorist attack against Iranian pilgrims in Iraq; supreme leader reaffirmation ...

The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has censured the United States for postponing an international conference on the proposal to declare the Middle East a nuclear-weapons-free zone,Press TVreports. On Friday, Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh accused the US and Israel of creating an impasse over the conference, which ...

Iran news headlines on Wednesdayinclude increasing food price in Iran;arrivalofRussia special envoy in Tehran for discussing regional issues;Iran calling for establishment ofnuclear free Middle East;4.9 magnitudequakestrike intwo provinces of Iran and India fall ofoil imports from Iran by 26.5%.   Iran cooking oil price surges after currency ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran warned nations about the major threat posed by Israel's nuclear arsenals to global peace and security, and once again called for the establishment of a nuclear-free Middle East. "Given records of the Zionist regime of Israel in aggression and occupation, establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons is extremely important ...

Iran supports the establishment of a Middle East free of nuclear weapons and backs efforts to dispose of existing ones in the region, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesmanRamin Mehmanparastsaid today. We are at the forefront of efforts to scrap nuclear weapons, Mehmanparast said at a press conference in Tehran aired live by Irans state television. Iranian ...

By Reuters (Reuters) - Plans for an international conference in December on creating a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East still look in doubt even thoughIranhas said it would attend, Western diplomats said on Sunday. Any decision to postpone or even cancel next month's proposed talks in Helsinki on ridding the volatile region of weapons ...

By Reuters BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (Reuters) -Iransaid on Tuesday it would go to a proposed international conference in December on creating a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, but there was little hope of progress even if the meeting goes ahead given deep-rooted regional animosities. Tehran has been embroiled in a long stand-off with world powers ...