A court in The Hague says it will deliver a verdict after five Iranian nationals sue two Dutch firms for supplying chemical weapon components to Saddam Hussein's regime.

Iranian victims of chemical weapons, used by the Saddam regime during the 1980s war on Iran, are suing two Dutch firms for supplying chemicals to Iraq.

An Iranian official decries the European Parliament’s resolution about the suspected poisoning of students in the country's schools, stating that 13,000 Iranians have died as a result of Western chemical arms supplied to the deposed Ba’ath regime of Iraq.

A senior Iranian diplomat says the politicization of the OPCW over the Syrian file has caused division among member states.

The visit of the United Nations chief comes as the nation prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the ouster of Saddam Hussein.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 02:00 GMT on February 7, 2023.

Russia says it is probing the alleged use of chemical weapons by Ukraine's forces near two eastern Ukrainian cities.

The UAE ambassador to the UN has criticized politicizing Syria's chemical weapons issue, and called on all parties to respect the fundamental principles of the OPCW.

The spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Tehran won’t cooperate at all with the so-called fact-finding mission created following a UN Human Rights Council resolution against the country.

A senior US military official says Washington has "no indication" Russia has decided to employ nuclear weapons in Ukraine.