Nuclear Official: Nuclear energy for all, nuclear weapon for none

TEHRAN – Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi on Sunday reiterated that Tehran is committed firmly to the Supreme Leader’s guideline of “nuclear energy for all, atomic weapon for none”.

‘U.S., Israel won’t allow the likes of Saudis to acquire atomic bomb’

TEHRAN – An expert on Middle East affairs believes that the United States and Israel would never allow the likes of Saudi Arabia to acquire nuclear weapons because the Zionist regime wants to be the only superpower and nuclear power in the region.

Diplomat: Tehran ready to clear up misunderstandings with Arab states 

TEHRAN – The Iranian ambassador to Paris has said that Tehran is ready to clear up misunderstandings with certain neighboring Arab countries on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf.

Trump says not pursuing regime change in Iran

 TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump has explicitly stated that his administration is not seeking a regime change in Iran and does not want to see any terrible thing happen in the region.

Yes, Trump with the nuclear codes is terrifying. But the threat of a first strike is a vital deterrent

Alarmed by President Trump’s bellicose statements and impulsive governing style, two congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would prohibit the president — any president — from launching a nuclear first strike without a declaration of war by Congress explicitly endorsing such an attack.

Iran urges total destruction nuclear weapons

TEHRAN – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Ali Khoshroo on Thursday stressed the need for a total destruction of all nuclear weapons across the world.

By Rick Noack

The Nobel Peace Prize for an anti-nuclear-weapons group probably won’t please the U.S.

The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) appeared like a logical step at a time when fears of nuclear conflicts dominate the political agenda. And yet, the organization's track record also indicates how long the path toward a nuclear weapons-free world will be.

by Zahra Sadat Khezri

Sanctions alone won't get North Korea to give up nuclear arms: Boston professor

TEHRAN - A professor of international relations from Boston University believes that economic sanctions alone will not prompt North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.

Ready to talk to North Korea?

The State Department press briefing room has traditionally been the place where the United States government has explained and promoted its foreign policy to the world.

S. Korea urges N. Korea to hold Iran-style nuclear talks

TEHRAN – South Korea’s parliamentary leader has urged North Korea to learn lessons from the Iran nuclear agreement and return to nuclear talks.

By Javad Heirannia

UN treaty puts ‘moral pressure’ on nuclear-armed states: ex-WH official

TEHRAN - A former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology says a global treaty to ban nuclear bombs will put “moral pressure” on nuclear-armed states to disarm.

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian

This is why Iran should play a major role in the negotiations to ban nuclear weapons

Since the advent of nuclear weapons, nations and grassroots movements across the world have sought to eliminate the risk they pose to life on Earth through nuclear prohibition and disarmament.

Iran dismisses Trump’s allegations as delusional

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has railed against Washington for anti-Iran remarks, saying Iranophobia and repeating false accusations against Tehran are manifests of American government’s “failed policies.”

By Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of the Soviet Union

'It all looks as if the world is preparing for war'

The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be confused and at a loss.

Powell says Israel has ‘200 nukes all pointed at Iran’

Israel has 200 nuclear weapons, according to the latest revelation hidden in a cache of Colin Powell's leaked emails.