Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
21 July 2025 - Iran Special Weapons News
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- Two more Mossad-linked agents arrested in northeast Iran Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- Iranian security forces have arrested two terrorist elements of the Israeli regime's Mossad spy agency in the northeastern province of North Khorasan.
- Iran FM says E3 lacks legal, political or moral standing to invoke snapback mechanism Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- Iran says that France, Germany, and the UK lack the legal, political, and moral authority to invoke the snapback mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal.
- Iran Says To Meet With European Nations On July 25 Over Nuclear Issues RFE/RL 21 Jul 2025 -- Iran is set to meet with officials from Britain, France, and Germany - the so-called European three (E3) - on July 25 in Istanbul to discuss the country's nuclear program as Western nations turn up the pressure on Tehran to reach a settlement or face new sanctions.
- Foreign National Sentenced for Conspiring to Export U.S.-Made Drill Rigs to Iran in Violation of U.S. Sanctions Laws US Dept. of Justice 21 Jul 2025 -- Brian Assi, also known as Brahim Assi, 63, of Beirut, Lebanon, was sentenced to 44 months in prison for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR), attempted unlawful export of goods from the United States to Iran without a license, attempted smuggling goods from the United States, submitting false or misleading export information, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
- Chinese FM responds to Iran's announcement of nuclear talks with European countries Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- When asked for comments on media report that the Iranian foreign ministry announced earlier that Iran, France, Germany, and the UK will hold talks on the Iranian nuclear issue in Istanbul on Friday at the level of deputy foreign ministers, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated that the Iranian nuclear issue bears on the peace and security of the Middle East and the international nuclear non-proliferation regime.
- China calls for diplomatic resolution to Iran's nuclear issue IRNA 21 Jul 2025 -- China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Guo Jiakun, has stressed the importance of maintaining peace and security in the Middle East, calling for a political and diplomatic resolution to Iran's nuclear issue.
- China defends Iran's peaceful nuclear right, urges diplomacy to resolve issues Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu has asserted Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy, calling for the settlement of issues through diplomacy.
- Any E3 attempt to snap back sanctions is legally baseless, morally flawed: Iran foreign minister IRNA 21 Jul 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has described any attempt by Britain, France, and Germany - the three European countries known as E3 - to invoke the so-called snapback mechanism under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as unlawful.
- Iran to push demands in E3 talks; Europe at fault over nuclear deal collapse: Tehran Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran will press its demands in upcoming talks with the E3, as the European powers are in no position to make demands due to their failure to uphold the 2015 nuclear agreement after US withdrawal.
- 'E3 lack legal, moral standing to invoke snapback': Snippets from Iran FM's letter to UN chief Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, President of the UN Security Council Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas and members of the UN Security Council, ruled out the legal or moral authority of the European troika to trigger snapback sanctions against the country.
- Iran and Russia's Defense Ministers hold strategic meeting in Moscow IRNA 21 Jul 2025 -- The Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, says Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh met with his Russian counterpart, Andrei Belousov, during an official visit to Russia.
- Iran, Russia conduct joint drills in Caspian Sea IRNA 21 Jul 2025 -- Second Admiral Mohsen Razzaghi Delarestaghi, spokesperson for the Iran-Russia joint drills codenamed CASAREX 2025, announced that the hybrid rescue exercises are taking place in two phases, namely coastal and maritime, in the Caspian Sea.
- E3 violated JCPOA, lost right to reinstate UN sanctions against Iran: Russian envoy Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- A senior Russian diplomat says Britain, France, and Germany, known as the E3, have repeatedly violated the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, and thus forfeited their right to trigger the snapback mechanism that would re-impose all UN Security Council sanctions on Iran.
- Iran and Russia maintain E3 has no right to reimpose previous anti-Iranian sanctions IRNA 21 Jul 2025 -- Tehran and Moscow say that the E3 - namely France, Germany, and Britain - have no legal or moral right to launch the so-called snapback mechanism to reimpose previous sanctions against Iran.
- Iran, Russia defense chiefs discuss strengthening cooperation Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- The Iranian and Russian defense chiefs have discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation in defense and military affairs, Iran's Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali says.
- Caspian unity in action: Iran, Russia to hold joint search-and-rescue drill Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- Iran and Russia have started bringing their naval forces together for CASAREX 2025, a major joint search-and-rescue drill in the Caspian Sea.
- Iran Conducts Successful Suborbital Test With Qased Launch Vehicle Sputnik 21 Jul 2025 -- Iran has conducted a successful suborbital test using the Qased carrier rocket to launch satellites into orbit, the Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.
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