IRNA - Iranian foreign Minister in a message referred to the chemical attack conducted by former Iraqi regime in Halabja & Sardasht, saying Iranians together with Kurdish brothers will never forget it. 'First they denied it happenedthen they blamed Iran. When it was clear it was their own ally, using their own chemical weapons, they were silent....

MNA The Islamic Republic of Iran has been unanimously elected to head the Asian branch of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. During a meeting of the Asian branch of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that was held on Monday and headed by Pakistani ambassador, Irans Ambassador ...

The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog has praised Syria for cooperating with his team tasked with dismantling the country's chemical arsenal. The cooperation has been quite constructive and I would say the Syrian authorities have been cooperative, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) ...

Berlin, Oct 9, IRNA Irans ambassador to the International Court of Justice here on Tuesday criticized Wests double standards towards Iran nuclear activities stressing that the realities of Tehrans nuclear program have been neglected. Kazem Gharibabadi, also Irans permanent representative to the Organization for the Proliferation of the Chemical Weapons ...

Irans permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) welcomes Syrias signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and says the Israeli regime should follow suit. We expect Syrias decision to set an example for non-members particularly the Zionist regime [of Israel] to immediately join the Convention ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) passed an agreement early Saturday authorizing the chemical weapons watchdog to start inspecting Syria's stockpile by Tuesday. "The good news is there's a decision and we expect to have an advance team on the ground (in Syria) next week," OPCW spokesman Michael Luhan ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- UN chemical weapons inspectors are to return to Syria on Wednesday to continue their mission, said Russia. But Moscow is unhappy with the direction the US is steering the Russian-brokered plan to dismantle the Syrian stockpile of chemical weapons, RT reported. The experts were sent to investigate several cases of alleged use of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Syrian armed opposition may be ordered by its foreign sponsors to stage a false flag operation against foreign inspectors when they arrive in the country to monitor destruction of the countrys chemical weapons stockpile, said the Syrian president. Bashar Assad voiced his concerns in an interview by China's state television ...

[caption id="attachment_51709" align="alignright" width="210"] Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi[/caption] China has expressed willingness to dispatch experts in line with a Russian-US deal for the elimination of Syrias chemical weapons. On September 14, Russia and the United States agreed on a deal under which Syria must account for its chemical ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The US is pushing Russia into approving a UN resolution that would allow for military intervention in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, in exchange for American support of Syrias accession to OPCW. Our American partners are starting to blackmail us: If Russia does not support a resolution under Chapter 7, then ...

[caption id="attachment_51578" align="alignright" width="210"] The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague[/caption] (Reuters) -Syriahas disclosed the information on its chemical weapons program that was expected under an agreedSaturday deadline, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical ...

(CNN)-- U.S. officials were pleasantly surprised and encouraged by the initial declaration that Syria has submitted to the world's chemical weapons watchdog outlining its inventory of the munitions, a senior administration official said Saturday. The official said the declaration was more complete than what the officials had expected the Syrians to ...

The world's chemical weapons watchdog has begun on Saturday to examine details of Syria's chemical arsenal supplied by the regime, as rebels agreed a truce with jihadists in a key border town. China urged a quick implementation of a landmark US-Russian deal to destroy Syria's chemical stockpile, as the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The analysis of samples taken by UN inspectors in Syria probing alleged use of chemical weapons could take "up to three weeks," the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said. "The evidence collected by the team will now undergo laboratory analysis and technical evaluation," said the group based in The ...