Nuclear Disarmament

Iranian foreign minister denies nuclear pretext for strikes, cites Oman-mediated talks

Abbas Araghchi decried claims of "imminent nuclear threat" from Iran as a "heinous lie."

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, June 22, 2025
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia June 23, 2025, in this still image taken from video.

Iranian FM decries US as a 'bully' risking int'l conflict after Trump resumes nuclear testing

Robert Floyd Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at U.N. headquarters on the maintenance of International Peace and Security Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in New York City, U.

Nuclear watchdog: resuming nuclear weapons tests would destabilize security

IRANIAN MISSILE is launched during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, Aug. 20.

Iran rebuilding ballistic missile manufacturing capabilities with China's support - CNN


The Begin Doctrine: 'Never Again' is an Israeli promise

The Begin Doctrine was born exactly 40 years ago, on 7 June 1981, when then-prime minister Menachem Begin sent Israeli fighter planes to bomb the Osirak nuclear reactor just outside of Baghdad.

MENACHEM BEGIN, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at a Marine Corp Ceremony on September 7, 1978.

US weighing $1b in humanitarian aid for Iran as a show of goodwill - CNN

Iran, on its end, continues to demand sanction relief instead in order to comply with a new agreement, according to the report.

Police stand outside a hotel where a meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal, is held in Vienna, Austria, April 20, 2021.

Iranian FM calls cyberattack on Natanz a 'war crime,' 'nuclear terrorism'

"The Zionists want to take revenge because of our progress in the way to lift sanctions... We will not fall into their trap...We will not allow this act of sabotage to affect the nuclear talks."

THE NATANZ uranium enrichment facility 250 km. south of Tehran.

Russia signals openness to the US, could that change the Middle East?

Where could the “bilateral cooperation continue,” as the Russian Foreign Ministry has indicated it might? On Iran, Russia sees US steps so far as pragmatic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a meeting on the sidelines of a session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council In Yerevan, Armenia October 1, 2019

Iran gives positive signals on informal nuclear talks, time short

"Things are moving in the right direction, and we have had positive signals this week and especially in the last few days," a French diplomatic source said.

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

Trump offered Kim Jong-un a ride home on Air Force 1 after 2019 summit

'I can get you home in two hours if you want,' Trump reportedly told Kim, shocking everyone in the room. "Kim declined," former Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger said.

US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Blinken discusses Iran with UK, French, German ministers in E3 meeting

Earlier, a US official said the meeting between Blinken, Le Drian, Britain's Dominic Raab and Germany's Heiko Maas would also cover the coronavirus pandemic, Russia, China, Myanmar and climate.

Antony J. Blinken, of New York, speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. January 19, 2021.

Iran's Rouhani says 'ball in US court' over nuclear deal return

"If Washington returns to Iran's 2015 nuclear deal, we will also fully respect our commitments under the pact," Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US, September 26, 2019

153 UN states call on Israel to 'renounce possession of nuclear weapons’

The Jewish state was asked “not to develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons.”

UNGA vote calling on Israel to “renounce possession of nuclear weapons”

UN nuclear ban treaty goes into effect on January 22nd

None of the world’s nuclear powers supported the treaty, which was ratified by only three Western countries: Austria, Ireland and New Zealand.

A view shows railway packages for containers with uranium hexafluoride salt, raw material for nuclear reactors, similar to the one be used for the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank