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Al Jazeera
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Video: Iran's president says country won't abandon its nuclear programme
Iran's president says country won't abandon its nuclear programme NewsFeed Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Al Jazeera his country is committed to continuing its nuclear program for peaceful purposes, after the 12-day assault by Israel supported by the US. Video Duration 03 minutes 18 seconds 03:18 Video Duration 00 minutes 40 seconds 00:40 Video Duration 03 minutes 00 seconds 03:00 Video Duration 01 minutes 39 seconds 01:39 Video Duration 01 minutes 47 seconds 01:47 Video Duration 02 minutes 57 seconds 02:57 Video Duration 00 minutes 46 seconds 00:46
CNA
10-07-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Malaysia says China ready to sign SEA nuclear weapons-free treaty
KUALA LUMPUR: China will sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Thursday (Jul 10). The Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, or SEANWFZ, has been in force since 1997, limiting the use of nuclear power by members to peaceful purposes, such as power generation. ASEAN's objective is for the world's nuclear powers, including China, the United States, Britain, Russia and France, to sign the treaty and commit to non-use or movement of nuclear weapons in the region, including countries' exclusive economic zones and continental shelves. "China made a commitment to ensure that they will sign the treaty without reservation," Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and partner countries. China is in communication with ASEAN countries about the signing of the protocol, its foreign ministry said. "China has always firmly supported the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Southeast Asia, and has repeatedly expressed its willingness to take the lead in signing the protocol to the treaty," ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters at a regular news briefing.
Japan Times
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Japan Times
Malaysia says China will sign Southeast Asia's nuke-free treaty
China will sign into a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Thursday. The Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, or SEANWFZ, has been in force since 1997, limiting the use of nuclear power by members to peaceful purposes, such as power generation. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) objective is for the world's nuclear powers, including China, the United States, Britain, Russia and France, to sign the treaty and commit to non-use or movement of nuclear weapons in the region, including in countries' exclusive economic zones and continental shelves. "China made a commitment to ensure that they will sign the treaty without reservation," Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of his counterparts from ASEAN and partner countries. China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his remarks. It last week said Beijing firmly supported the treaty and was willing to take the lead in signing it.
Russia Today
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Tehran has the right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes
Iran has the right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, Sunjoy Joshi, chairman of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), an independent Indian think tank, has said on the sidelines of an international conference in Moscow. In an interview with RT on Monday, Joshi said Tehran's right to pursue a civilian nuclear program could not be taken away, while drawing parallels between the recent Israeli strikes on Iran and the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. 'Everyone has a right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and that is a fundamental fact,' Joshi said on the sidelines of the Primakov Readings, a summit aimed at promoting global dialogue. 'We've been through this whole WMD nonsense in the case of Iraq also, and we saw what happened there. What worries us is a repetition of that and we are not happy with the way things have been conducted. I personally hope this escalation ends here.' For nearly two decades, American intelligence agencies have concluded that while Iran has a program to enrich uranium, it has never actually built any atomic bombs, according to a report by The Guardian. This assessment has been at the core of US intel on the country since at least 2007, the UK newspaper added. Despite this assessment, Iran's nuclear program has been under threat. Since 2010, several Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in suspected foreign-linked assassinations. Fereydoon Abbasi, a key architect of the Iranian nuclear program and the former head of its atomic energy organization was killed on June 13 when Israel commenced its air strikes on the Islamic Republic. On Sunday, the US entered the Iran-Israel conflict, deploying B-2 bombers and Tomahawk missiles to strike three Iranian nuclear sites. Tehran responded by attacking a US military base in Qatar a day later. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire. Tehran's Supreme National Security Council has since confirmed the truce, but warned that it is ready to respond to any 'violating act by the enemy.' On Tuesday morning, Iranian news agency Nour News reported the death of another nuclear scientist, Mohammad Reza Sadighi, who was believed to have been killed in an Israeli attack that was carried out before a ceasefire was announced.
