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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

NPT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

The UN flag flies at half staff outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on November 13, 2023, in memory of those killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
November 14, 2023, 12:16 pm
At UN nuclear conference, China, Iran, Oman decry Israeli minister’s comment on Gaza
Beijing says Amichai Eliyahu’s suggestion Israel could nuke Strip was ‘extremely irresponsible and disturbing,’ as nations gather for fourth confab aimed at nuclear-free Mideast
By Edith M. Lederer
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP
December 8, 2022, 10:38 am
Washington slams ‘loose talk’ on nuclear weapons after Putin musings
State Department spokesman blasts ‘dangerous’ comments by Russian leader, who hinted at use of tactical nukes, told Kremlin ‘such a threat is rising’
By AFP
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 2022 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York City on August 1, 2022. (Ed Jones/AFP)
August 28, 2022, 11:22 pm
US calls out Russia’s ‘cynical obstruction’ of UN nuclear treaty review
Moscow blocks joint declaration after quinquennial summit due to ‘political’ language in text Washington says relates to safety concerns over Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine
By AFP
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Ambassador Gustavo Zlauvinen, center, are seen during the 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, in the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, August 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
August 27, 2022, 7:25 pm
Russia blocks adoption at UN of nuclear disarmament text
Moscow denounces ‘political’ aspects of the document
By AFP
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks during a meeting with Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Non-Nuclear Weapons States Parties in the United Nations General Assembly, August 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
August 1, 2022, 10:29 pm
US, allies slam Russia for ‘dangerous’ nuclear comments ahead of UN talks
In response, Putin says nukes should ‘never be unleashed’ since there would be ‘no winners’ in such war
By AFP
US President Joe Biden speaks about the economy during a meeting at the White House in Washington, July 28, 2022. (AP/Susan Walsh)
August 1, 2022, 5:40 pm
Biden calls on Russia, China to enter talks on nuclear arms control
As treaty set to expire in 2026, US president says Moscow ‘should demonstrate’ a readiness to negotiate despite its ‘brutal and unprovoked aggression in Ukraine’
By AFP
Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi, from Argentina, addresses the media during a news conference regarding the agency's monitoring of Iran's nuclear energy program at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, on June 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)
October 15, 2021, 2:25 pm
Iran criticizes UN nuclear agency for ‘negligence’ on monitoring Israel
Tehran’s envoy to the IAEA tweets that ignoring Israel’s purported nuclear program ‘sends a negative message’ to members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
By AFP
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP)
October 15, 2021, 10:27 am
Word games: What does Lapid mean when he pushes ‘other options’ on Iran?
Vague terms, including ‘nuclear threshold’ state, are less frightening to Tehran than Israel would hope, leaving Jerusalem with a range of flawed approaches in the nuclear standoff
By Lazar Berman
A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile, that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, is carried on a trailer during a military parade in connection with Pakistan National Day celebrations, in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 25, 2021. (Anjum Naveed/AP)
June 14, 2021, 9:51 am
Nuclear arms decline stalls as nations modernize arsenals, warns think tank
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says standstill could impact non-proliferation treaties as non-nuclear states question their own commitments
By Johannes LEDEL
Satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows construction at the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona, Israel, on February 22, 2021. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)
February 25, 2021, 11:22 am
A soccer field-sized dig, stories deep: Israel expands Dimona nuclear facility
Reactor appears to be getting most extensive new construction work in decades, satellite photos show; reason unclear
By Jon Gambrell
Iranians drive past missiles on motorcycles during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at Azadi (Freedom) Square in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, February 10, 2021. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 23, 2021, 11:40 pm
As Iran plays chicken with Biden, it also moves closer to the bomb
Tehran appears to be jockeying for position ahead of nuke deal talks by blackballing inspectors and threatening to increase enrichment, but the posturing carries dangerous risks
By Lazar Berman
Left: Then-US President-elect Joe Biden on January 14, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware (AP Photo/Matt Slocum); Right: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, December 9, 2020. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
January 18, 2021, 2:18 pm
Violating the nuke deal, Iran shows it wants to talk to Biden
Tehran is trying to gain leverage in expected negotiations with the US, experts say; but it’s also gradually advancing its nuclear weapons capability: ‘We are getting 2030 in 2020’
By Lazar Berman
In this file photo from September 13, 2017, activists from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) protest against the conflict between North Korea and the USA with masks of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, right, and US president Donald Trump, left, in front of the US embassy in Berlin, Germany. (Britta Pedersen/dpa via AP)
October 22, 2020, 11:10 am
US urges countries to withdraw from UN nuclear ban treaty
47 out of required 50 countries have ratified pact, which Iran supported and Israel boycotted; Friday eyed as target date to complete process
By Edith M. Lederer
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, June 10, 2019. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
January 20, 2020, 3:07 pm
Iran threatens to quit global nuclear pact if Europeans turn to Security Council
FM Zarif says his country may abandon the Non-Proliferation Treaty if 3 EU member states pursue further measures over its alleged violations of 2015 nuclear deal
By AFP and ToI Staff
A partial view of the Dimona nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert, on September 8, 2002. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
September 22, 2019, 4:06 pm
Did the Carter administration cover up a 1979 Israeli nuclear test?
Noting Israeli accusations against Iran, Foreign Policy magazine slams ‘humiliating role’ US president allegedly played in hiding purported Israeli test from the world
By ToI Staff
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