Friday, 13 May 2022 (YJC)_ Following Western arms aid to Ukraine, the European Union announced the approval of another $ 520 million in aid to Kiev to counter Russia.
Saturday, 4 September 2021 (YJC)_ In a letter to the member states of the Arms Trade Treaty, about 120 international organizations called for an arms embargo on Israel.
Monday, 01 February 2021_The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has reportedly issued a fresh call to his supporters to pick up arms against the federal government, according to an audio message posted online.
Friday, 18 December 2020_Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami unveiled plans for the export of homegrown weapons under new contracts with a number of foreign countries.
Friday, 16 October 2020_Iran will be able to freely sell and buy weapons as of October 18, as the UN arms embargo will be terminated under the 2015 nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani said.
Sunday, 20 September 2020_Iran’s foreign minister says the country will meet its strategic needs by purchasing weapons from Russia and China, and has no need for European weapons once the UN embargo is lifted in October.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has slammed as “baseless” a report published by the United Nation's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) alleging Tehran has been sending arms to war-torn Yemen.
Tuesday, 25 August 2020_Iran’s foreign minister says his American counterpart, Mike Pompeo, is trying to “flood our region” with all kinds of US weapons even when his country’s own laws prohibit such a measure.
Saturday, 15 August 2020_The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October, as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid "confrontation" over an American threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, Dec 10_Arms sales rose by nearly five percent worldwide in 2018 in a market dominated by the United States, according to a new report published Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
TEHRAN, Jun 24 -Europe proved to be the biggest spender on US-made arms last year, and is expected to retain a devouring appetite for the weapons in near future, shows one report.
TEHRAN, Jun 6 -China has voiced serious concerns about a reported plan by the United States to sell Taiwan more than $2 billion worth of tanks and weapons amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing.
TEHRAN, Jun 4 -Newly-released figures show that France increased its weapons sales to Saudi Arabia by 50 percent last year despite growing international concern about the atrocities committed in a Saudi-led war on Yemen.
TEHRAN, May 10 - The spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has fiercely criticized the French government for supplying Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) weapons that have been used in their war on Yemen, describing the move “a clear hypocrisy to evade crimes.”
TEHRAN, May 06 -China on Monday dismissed a suggestion that it would talk with the United States and Russia about a new accord limiting nuclear arms , saying it would not take part in any trilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations.
TEHRAN, Apr 04 -A delegation of Israeli security officials has left classified documents about weapon deals on a table in Ben Gurion Airport as it was heading to India, where it was scheduled to hold talks with high-ranking military figures.
TEHRAN, Apr 04 - Turkey will not turn back from a major arms deal with Russia despite the US suspension of Ankara from the F-35 fighter-jet program, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Apr 03 - A delegation of Israeli security officials has left classified documents about weapon deals on a table in Ben Gurion Airport as it was heading to India, where it was scheduled to hold talks with high-ranking military figures.
TEHRAN, Mar 01 - The German government will extend the halt on arms exports - due to run until March 9 - to Saudi Arabia by two weeks, magazine Der Spiegel reported on Friday, without citing its sources.
TEHRAN, Feb 25 - The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), which is part of the ruling coalition, says it has plans to extend an embargo on arms supplies to Saudi Arabia despite pressure from major European countries not to do so.