Friday, 24 September 2021 (YJC)_ As famine spread to various parts of Yemen, two organizations complained to French customs about the details of French arms sales to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
Tuesday, 13 October 2020_The United States is reportedly moving forward with three advanced weapons sales to Taiwan in a move that is likely to enrage China and increase tensions between the two world powers.
TEHRAN, Jun 21 -Press TV’s Roshan Salih says the chorus of opposition against the United Kingdom’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia continues to grow louder across Britain.
TEHRAN, Apr 28 - The European Union warned Saturday that US President Donald Trump's rejection of a UN treaty designed to regulate the global arms trade would hamper the global fight against illicit weapons trafficking, AFP reported.
TEHRAN, Feb 24 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the West has turned the Middle East into a “powder keg” with its arms sales to the Arab countries of the region, stressing that the weapons supplies have not contributed to regional security.
TEHRAN, December 28 - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Friday his government was in favor of halting arms sales to Saudi Arabia and it intended to take a formal position on the matter.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Germany's foreign minister is calling into question the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, after the kingdom acknowledged that writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed in its Istanbul consulate.
TEHRAN, October 04 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in India for a two-day visit during which the two countries are expected to sign a $5 billion deal for Russian S-400 missile systems despite the specter of U.S. sanctions.
TEHRAN, October 04 - Russian President Vladimir Putin headed for India on Thursday looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely irking the US, China and Pakistan in one fell swoop.
TEHRAN, August 3 - A senior Canadian human rights attorney described the situation in Yemen as “the largest man-made humanitarian crisis on the Planet” and said a halt to the US, British, and French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition can force the aggressors to negotiate peace.
TEHRAN, April 11 - President Emmanuel Macron has defended France's arms sales to Saudi Arabia which is engaged in a deadly war against its neighbor Yemen.
TEHRAN, April 09 - China opposed the United States selling weapons to Taiwan, after the administration of US President Donald Trump agreed to provide the self-ruled island nation with military technology to help it build its own submarines.
TEHRAN, March 23 - The United States formally approved weapons sales to Saudi Arabia totaling more than $1 billion, despite growing pressure from rights groups to halt arms deals with Riyadh.
TEHRAN, February 5 - Protesters have rallied outside the Saudi embassy in London against UK's arms sales to the kingdom, which has been waging a destructive war on Yemen for some three years now.
TEHRAN, February 5 - Ambassador Tina Kaidanow will lead a delegation of senior US officials at the Singapore Air Show to be held February 6-10. The attendance of Kaidanow in the air show, described as the most important in the Asia Pacific region, is aimed at promoting US weapons manufacturers.
TEHRAN, October 25 - Britain’s sales of military equipment to Saudi Arabia hit £1.1 billion in the first six months of this year, according to the latest government data.
TEHRAN, April 29, YJC - The United States has approved a proposal to sell Israel more weapons, including naval guns and technical support worth an estimated $440 million.
The administration of US President Donald Trump is poised to approve major weapons transfers to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, which were previously blocked over concerns about human rights, according to a report.