tag chemical weapons

Iran condemns any use, threat to use WMD: FM

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s foreign minister stressed unlike the hypocritical and double-standard policies of the US and other so-called advocates of human rights, the Islamic Republic of Iran vehemently condemns any use or threat to use weapons of mass destruction including chemical weapons .
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Publish Date:03/July/2017 | 11:12

Tillerson: Syria strike a message to others, including North Korea

EghtesadOnline: U.S. military strikes against Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons are a warning to other nations, including North Korea, that "a response is likely" if they pose a danger, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:10/April/2017 | 04:49

Russia Vetoes UN Sanctions on Syria for Chemical Gas Attacks

EghtesadOnline: Russia used its veto to block a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Syria for the seventh time, rejecting an effort by Western powers to impose sanctions on Bashar al-Assad’s government and military for its use of chemical weapons .
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Publish Date:01/March/2017 | 05:15

Iran stresses complete annihilation of chemical weapons in world

EghtesadOnline: Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Alireza Jahangiri stressed complete annihilation of chemical weapons stockpiles in the world.
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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 09:11

Russia Says Syria Invited Chemical Weapons Experts to Idlib

EghtesadOnline: Russia called for international inspectors to visit Idlib, where the U.S. accused Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad of carrying out a deadly chemical weapons attack against his own citizens.
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Publish Date:16/April/2017 | 04:01

Spicer Apologizes for Saying Hitler Didn’t Use Chemical Weapons

EghtesadOnline: White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologized after a storm of criticism followed remarks in which he attempted to compare Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to Adolf Hitler by saying that even the Nazi leader didn’t “sink to using chemical weapons .”
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Publish Date:12/April/2017 | 08:57

Iran calls for establishment of int'l fact-finding mission on Syria

EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called for establishment of an international fact-finding mission to make clear the realities behind recent US attack on Syria under the pretext of use of chemical weapons .
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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 24:55

Russia, China block U.N. sanctions on Syria over gas attacks

EghtesadOnline: Russia on Tuesday cast its seventh veto to protect the Syrian government from United Nations Security Council action, blocking a bid by Western powers to impose sanctions over accusations of chemical weapons attacks during the six-year Syrian conflict.
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Publish Date:01/March/2017 | 05:47

Putin says draft U.N. resolution to sanction Syria 'inappropriate'

EghtesadOnline: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday a draft U.N. Security Council resolution put forward by Western powers to sanction Syria's government over the alleged use of chemical weapons was inappropriate.
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Publish Date:28/February/2017 | 14:42

Watchdog condemns Syrian government, IS use of banned chemical weapons

EghtesadOnline: The executive body of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted on Friday to condemn the use of banned toxic agents by the Syrian government and by the militant group Islamic State, a source who took part in the closed session said.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 06:14