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,...

Iran news headlines on TuesdayincludeIrans Foreign Ministry spokesman expressing hope over p5+1 nuclear talks in Istanbul; Iran plan of sending second monkey into space in near future; country playing downUS snub of UN disarmament body; US, Russia and Iran wrestling in New York on May 29.   Iran hopes P5+1 will give positive response to proposals:...

Tehran on Tuesday played down a decision by theUnited Statesto boycott meetings of the UN Conference on Disarmament when Iran takes over the body later this month. "Pressure, presence or their boycott will not be important to Iran," newly appointed foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi told reporters when asked about the planned boycott by US ambassadors ...

[caption id="attachment_28368" align="alignright" width="300"] A photo from last year's UN Conference on Disarmament held in Geneva, Switzerland.[/caption] Iran will preside over the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, tapped to chair the panel later this month despite longstanding accusations the Islamic Republic has a secret nuclear weapons ...

[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 ...