Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi says the United States opposition and lack of commitment to various international disarmament conventions are obstacles to advancing the issue of global disarmament. Pointing to the USs 16-year opposition to bringing up the issue of disarmament in the UN Disarmament Conference, Araqchi said, The US has,...

[caption id="attachment_28368" align="alignright" width="300"] A photo from last year's UN Conference on Disarmament held in Geneva, Switzerland.[/caption] Canada says it will not take part in the upcoming UN Conference on Disarmament under the pretext that the Islamic Republic of Iran will be assuming the rotating presidency of the event. Rick Roth,...

[caption id="attachment_24326" align="alignright" width="300"] A view of Irans Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant[/caption] UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United States said Monday it will refuse to send its ambassador to any meeting of the U.N. forum where nuclear disarmament is negotiated when it's chaired by Iran because countries under U.N. sanctions shouldn't ...