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"Iran has never sought nuclear weapons," FM Araghchi says
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Araghchi said that Iran is protecting peace and stability in the region.
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Pete Hegseth warns Iran, says US military "will be prepared" for action
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warned Iran against pursuing nuclear weapons as the US boosts its military presence in the Middle East. Citing recent operations and naval deployments, he said Washington is reasserting deterrence, while President Trump urged Tehran to strike a nuclear dea
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"International organisations lost their influence," Iran's representative
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Ilahi, in an interview with ANI, said that the organisations are controlled by a select few countries.
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Iran never wanted to have nuclear weapons, it is "haram": Abdul Majid Hake
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Iran never wanted to have nuclear weapons, because "it is haram", Dr Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, Representative in India of Iran's Supreme Leader, has said, while stating that the country wants to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes to meet some humanitarian needs.
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Russian MP issues nuclear threat, says 'sinking American ships' would stop
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"This is the most common form of piracy--the seizure of a civilian vessel by an armed American fleet. It's essentially the same as an attack on Russian territory, since the tanker was sailing under our national flag. This must undoubtedly be responded to harshly and swiftly--our military
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"We'll knock them down": Trump warns of fresh strikes if Iran rebuilds mis
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"I hear that Iran is trying to build up again, and if they are, we're going to have to knock them down," Trump said. "We'll knock them down. We'll knock the hell out of them."
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Spoken to China, Russia on denuclearisation of weapons: Trump
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) stated that he has held discussions with China and Russia on the denuclearisation of nuclear weapons, expressing hopes that all sides could work toward reducing nuclear arsenals.
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China reaffirms its opaque nuclear posture
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A Pentagon report published in late 2023 tabulated 500 operational nuclear warheads in China, a figure that had increased to 600+ by late 2024. By 2030, China will have a predicted 1,000 nuclear warheads.
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"Enemy within": Ex-CIA officer says US tipped off Pakistani general before
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Former CIA officer Richard Barlow has revealed that senior officials in the US State Department secretly tipped off the Pakistani government about an undercover American operation to arrest a retired Pakistani general involved in nuclear smuggling during the 1980s.
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"We knew Pakistan's F-16s could carry nukes, without any doubt": Former CI
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"We knew all about the Pakistani nuclear weapons design, and we knew all about the F-16s, as you could imagine. And we knew that the F-16s were capable of delivering the Pakistani nuclear weapons as they existed at that time, without any doubt," he said.
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Clandestine nuclear activities consistent with Pak's history: MEA on Islam
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan's history, that is centred around decades of smuggling, export control violations, secret partnerships, AQ Khan network and further proliferation," the MEA Spokesperson said.
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"Shame that Indira didn't approve it": Ex-CIA officer Barlow on Israel-Ind
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to reports and declassified accounts, Israel and India allegedly planned a preemptive airstrike on Pakistan's Kahuta uranium enrichment plant -- the core of its nuclear programme -- to prevent Islamabad from developing and proliferating nuclear weapons, particularly to Iran, whi
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