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


UN sanctions on Iran to be reimposed, France's Macron says

As Iran's 30-day deadline for avoiding snapback sanctions approaches, European leaders discussed the possibility of further nuclear sanctions.

French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer pose for the media at a hotel prior to an E3 meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025.

Hit with E3 snapback, Iran blinks instead of retaliating for first time - analysis

When West condemned Iran it would escalate nuke violations. Now the West imposed its worst measure and Tehran has not countered yet.

Pictures of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and others killed in Israeli strikes are displayed in Behesht Zahra Cemetery in southern Tehran, Iran, July 11, 2025

Kremlin says it is hard to imagine talks with US on new nuclear arms reduction treaty

The bleak assessment from Moscow comes amid the disintegration of the tangle of arms control treaties which sought to slow the arms race and reduce the risk of nuclear war.

 THE KREMLIN, Moscow.

UN chief deplores 'paralysis and deadlock' at global disarmament body

The Conference was established in 1979 and is overseen by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). It has 65 member states, including the United States, China and Russia.

 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres waits for the arrival of French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in the Gaza Strip at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2024.

Russia says it suspended nuclear pact because US was using it to help Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin announced last week that Russia was suspending its participation in New START and signed a law to that effect on Tuesday, drawing scorn from the West.

 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends a meeting with U.S. ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy in Moscow, Russia, January 30, 2023.

North Korea takes over as UN disarmament president amid criticism

This year, North Korea has tested a flurry of ballistic missiles that are banned by the United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

 General view during the test firing of what state media report is a North Korean "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in this undated photo released on March 24, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Russia, China, Britain, US and France say no one can win nuclear war

The five nations issued a joint statement affirming that further nuclearization, such as the spread of nuclear arms and nuclear war, should be avoided.

 Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 4, 2013.

On This Day: 35 years since US-USSR Reykjavik Summit for nuclear talks

Though the summit ended when talks fell through, the progress it achieved led to the signing of the INF treaty between the US and USSR.

 General secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev (left) and US president Ronald Reagan (right) during their summit meeting in Reykjavik.

Iran says it can enrich uranium to 90% purity - weapons grade - if needed

Iran has been breaching the deal in several ways after the United States withdrew from the agreement in 2018, including by producing 20% and 60% enriched uranium.

A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran

Has Bennett proven that he can stand up to Iran's nuclear aspirations?

Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Naftali Bennett wouldn't stop Iran's nuclear aspirations, but recent events in the Islamic State may prove otherwise.

NAFTALI BENNETT in his office. The Yamina Party leader now represents the sane right wing in the political arena.

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.