Sunday, 20 December 2020_Outgoing US President Donald Trump has downplayed the seriousness and impact of a massive cyber attack on the government’s military, intelligence and financial institutions as well as the alleged Russian role in it, instead pointing to China as the possible source.
The US nuclear weapons agency is reportedly targeted by hackers as part of a massive cyber security breach against federal agencies and critical infrastructure.
Thursday, 17 December 2020_Russian President Vladimir Putin says it was the United States that started a new arms race, forcing Russia to develop hypersonic weapons in response.
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 _Iran's permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations has called for an end to the development and testing of nuclear weapons , saying such a move is the first step toward total nuclear disarmament.
Sunday, 25 October 2020 _Fifty countries have ratified an international treaty banning nuclear weapons , allowing the historic text to enter into force after 90 days.
Wednesday, 21 October 2020_Iran would never enter a regional arms race despite the termination of the UN arms embargo, the spokesperson for the Iranian administration said, lashing out at the US for turning the region into a stockpile of weapons .
Thursday, 24 September 2020_The Pentagon has been slammed for its use of $1 billion fund, meant for the coronavirus pandemic response, for military purposes; in a move that has sparked outrage among Democrats, who described it as a violation of congressional intent.
Wednesday, 02 September 2020_US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked his aides to find a way for the State Department to push through weapons sales to Saudis and the idea for an emergency declaration was raised in April 2019.
Monday, 10 August 2020_At least three shooters opened fire during a large, unauthorized gathering of people in Washington early on Sunday, killing a teenager and wounding 20 others, including a critically injured police officer, authorities said.
Sunday, 09 August 2020_Japan has marked the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the southern port city of Nagasaki, calling for a ban on nuclear weapons .
Tehran 03 May _Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has responded to his American counterpart's attempts to push ahead with a scheme to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, saying the “United States of Arms” is pouring weapons all over the globe as it is the world’s top war initiator.
Tehran 19 February _A senior Iranian commander says Saudi Arabia has provided at least three planeloads of weapons and equipment to a Pakistan-based terrorist group conducting acts of terror against the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, Dec 26_Burkina Faso insurgents killed 35 civilians, mostly female, on Tuesday (December 24) after attacking a military outpost in northern Soum Province.
TEHRAN, Dec 26_The Iranian Judiciary says the country's intelligence forces have seized a haul of American-made weapons in the central city of Isfahan, smuggled into Iran from Western borders in order to be used in the November riots.
TEHRAN, August 13 -Russia’s chief nuclear official says the country will continue to pursue the development of new weapons , following the death of five top Russian nuclear scientists in an explosion last week.
TEHRAN, August 12 - Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden has called for a reinstatement of an assault weapons ban in the wake of two mass shootings last week that killed 31 people, saying, “We have to get these weapons of war off our streets.”
TEHRAN, Jun 27 -Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says unless it resorts to using “prohibited weapons ,” the United States is not in any position to “obliterate” Iran as President Donald Trump has recently threatened.
TEHRAN, Jun 25 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic will never pursue a nuclear weapon based on its religious and strategic beliefs, stressing the importance of dismantling chemical arms across the world.