Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
16 July 2025 - Iran Special Weapons News
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- Israeli air defense commander replaced following Iranian missile strikes: Report Press TV 16 Jul 2025 -- The commander of the Israeli army's air defense array has been replaced following recent Iranian missile strikes targeting Israeli-occupied territories.
- US report details how Iranian missiles cracked Israeli defense systems Press TV 16 Jul 2025 -- Iran managed to penetrate Israel's boasted air defense systems during the 12-day war by changing missile launch tactics and identifying "gaps" in Israeli defense through "trial and error", The Wall Street Journal reports.
- Pezeshkian urges damage assessment to address security gaps exposed during war IRNA 16 Jul 2025 -- President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for a comprehensive damage assessment to identify and address security gaps and operational shortcomings revealed during the recent 12-day war of aggression imposed by Israel.
- President Pezeshkian urges stronger multi-layered protection of national data in cyberspace Press TV 16 Jul 2025 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stressed the need for a fundamental review of the country's physical and multi-layered protection of national data in cyberspace, calling it a critical priority in digital governance.
- Nuclear Diplomacy On The Brink As Europe Pushes Iran With UN Sanctions Threat RFE/RL 16 Jul 2025 -- European patience with Iran is running out as nuclear talks stall, with Paris warning that UN sanctions could return unless Tehran offers verifiable commitments.
- Lawmakers: No new talks with the U.S. until all preconditions met IRNA 16 Jul 2025 -- Iranian lawmakers have released a statement saying that no new round of talks with the United States should be held until Iran's preconditions are fully met, asserting that the diplomatic approach of the past is no longer acceptable given recent developments.
- Iran's Parliament rejects US talks without preconditions, citing deception Press TV 16 Jul 2025 -- Iran's Parliament has issued a statement declaring that the country cannot engage in talks with the United States as it did before the recent aggression and that no new negotiations with the United States should take place unless preconditions are met.
- Iran-US Negotiations Should Not Be Held Without Preconditions - Parliament Sputnik 16 Jul 2025 -- New negotiations between Iran and the US should not be held until the American side fully implements the preliminary conditions set by Tehran, the Iranian Majlis (parliament) stated on Wednesday.
- Ayatollah Khamenei: Israel clung to US for ceasefire with Iran Press TV 16 Jul 2025 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Israel was compelled to "bow down and cling to the United States" in desperation during the recent 12-day aggression against Iran, as it proved incapable of facing the Islamic Republic alone.
- Wang Yi Meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi PRC MofA 16 Jul 2025 -- On July 16, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in Tianjin.
- China expresses support to Iran in safeguarding sovereignty, dignity as senior diplomats meet Global Times 16 Jul 2025 -- China will continue to support Iran in safeguarding its national sovereignty and dignity, resisting power politics and bullying, defending its legitimate rights and interests through political negotiation, and adhering to the principle of good-neighborliness and friendship to continuously improve and develop relations with its neighboring countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday, according to the Xinhua news Agency.
- Iran seizes foreign vessel carrying smuggled fuel in the Sea of Oman IRNA 16 Jul 2025 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Sea of Oman on charges of transporting two million liters of smuggled fuel.
- Yemeni Partners Successfully Interdict Massive Iranian Weapons Shipment Bound for the Houthis CENTCOM 16 Jul 2025 -- Congratulations to the Yemeni National Resistance Forces (NRF), led by Gen. Tareq Saleh, for the largest seizure of Iranian advanced conventional weapons in their history.
- Iran decries Israeli strikes on Syria as 'predictable' aggression Press TV 16 Jul 2025 -- Iran has condemned the latest wave of Israel's aerial and drone strikes on Syria, describing it as a 'predictable' behavior from the "rabid" Israeli regime that knows no bounds in savagery.
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