Senior Iranian diplomat meets ICC chief

TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohsen Baharvand met with Piotr Hofmanski, the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague on Thursday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. 

Deputy FM of Iran meets OPCW director-general

TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohsen Baharvand met with Fernando Arias, the director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Are the OPCW's reports on Syria reliable?

A group of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) insiders have recently termed a new report that blamed the Syrian government for an alleged 2017 chemical weapons attack as unreliable, noting that none of the members of the OPCW fact-finding mission (FFM) deployed to the site of the alleged attacks during their investigations.

Iran calls for non-discriminatory implementation of CWC

TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholam-Hossein Dehqani said on Thursday that non-discriminatory implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is essential.

Iran wins membership in OPCW executive council 

TEHRAN – Iran along with 3 other Asian countries managed to grab a 2-year period membership in executive council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). 

Politicizing OPCW could lead to its collapse, Iran warns

TEHRAN – An Iranian Foreign Ministry official on Friday warned that politicization of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons could lead to its collapse.

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U.S. accusation that Iran violating CWC is suspicious: Fitzpatrick

TEHRAN - Mark Fitzpatrick, director of International Institute for Strategic Studies says that the timing of the U.S. accusation on Iran about “violating the CWC is suspicious.”