Tehran Peace Museum Attends 22nd Conference of the States Parties to CWC
TPM and SCWVS attended 22nd Conference of the States Parties (CSP22) to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) which was held by Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) at The Hague from November 27 to December 1, 2017.
The Scent of Almond Exhibition in The Hague
"The Scent of Almond" exhibition was held on the sideline of 22nd Conference of the States Parties to Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in Hague, Netherlands from November 27 to December 1st, 2017.
According to Online Art Gallery reports, this exhibition was consisted of 18 select artworks from more than 150 ones, by 100 Iranian young artists who had participated in a competition by TPM and Online Gallery.
French Revolution Analysis Course is held at TPM
Following the professional courses of War and Peace, "French Revolution Analysis Course" was held in four sessions at TPM in November and December 2017.
Video on Participation of Civil Society in Achieving CWC Goals
Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has published a video on why participation of civil society matters in achieving the goals of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
To watch the video, please click here.
The Visit of Ambassador of Austria
Mr. Stephan Scholz, Austrian ambassador to Iran, visited TPM on November 8th, 2017 by TPM's invitation.
Accompanied by the volunteer docents of TPM and CW survivors he had a tour of the museum; Thereafter he got acquainted with the other cultural and international activities of TPM and had a friendly chat with the volunteer members of the museum.
ICAN Wins the Noble Peace Prize 2017
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. This campaign consists of 460 members from 100 countries and was established in 2007.
Completion of Destruction of Russian Chemical Weapons Stockpile
On 27 September 2017, the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Üzümcü, made a statement on the completion of the full destruction of the 39,967 metric tons of chemical weapons possessed by the Russian Federation.
Foreign Relations Committee of the Dutch Parliament Visits TPM
Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Dutch Parliament along with a delegation, including Mrs. Susanna Terstal, the ambassador of the Netherlands in Iran, whose country is in charge of the European Union in Iran, visited the TPM on Saturday, October 21, 2017 and got acquainted with its activities.
Science Magazine International News Editor visits TPM
Mr. Richard Stone, the international news editor of Science Magazine visited TPM on 19 October 2017. This visit was a part of his program to get more information about the health effect of chemical weapons, the Iranian research in this field as well as the life of the Iranian victims of chemical weapons. Before visiting TPM, Mr. Stone had meetings at Shahed University and Sasan Hospital in which he talked with prominent Iranian researchers in this field about their findings.
Visit of Senior researchers from the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Four top researchers from the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) visited the museum on Monday, October 16th, with the invitation of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) at the International Education and Research Center of Foreign Ministry and became acquainted with some of TPM's activities.