美国传统基金会国防研究所报告发布之际，美伊政权谈判定于周四在日内瓦继续举行
作者：克里斯·马萨罗
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月24日 美国东部时间下午4:43
美国传统基金会国防研究所(FDD)的一份新报告引发了对伊朗不透明化学武器项目的担忧。该报告指出，与伊朗受到更多关注的核武器项目相比，政策制定者对这一化学武器项目关注较少。
FDD报告概述了伊朗政权在2025年12月开始面临前所未有的起义期间，可能采取了非常规方式使用化学武器。这场动荡是德黑兰自1979年伊斯兰革命以来从未经历过的。伊朗若使用化学武器，将违反其1997年《化学武器公约》规定的义务。
美国传统基金会不扩散项目副主任、报告作者安德里亚·施特里克告诉福克斯新闻数字版：”美国、其盟友和禁止化学武器组织(OPCW)应调查伊朗政权使用化学武器镇压本国人民的可靠指控。”
伊朗非法化学武器项目重获审视之际，特朗普政府似乎正考虑对伊朗及其核武器项目采取军事行动。
尽管美国已通过阿曼在日内瓦与伊朗官员进行间接谈判，但美国在波斯湾增加了军事部署，派遣”杰拉尔德·R·福特”号航空母舰加入数十艘其他战舰前往该地区。
周二，伊朗外交部长穆罕默德·贾瓦德·扎里夫在X平台发文表示：”伊朗将决心在最短时间内与美国达成公平公正的协议，在日内瓦恢复谈判。”
扎里夫声称，伊朗在任何情况下都不会寻求核武器，但强调伊朗不会放弃和平利用核技术的权利。
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“达成协议是有可能的，只要优先通过外交途径解决。”
尽管各方抱有乐观态度并推动继续谈判，但仍有人担心伊朗不会在核项目上作出任何实质性让步，这可能导致美国对伊朗发动军事打击。
一些报道称，推翻最高领袖阿里·哈梅内伊领导的伊斯兰共和国政府的更广泛政权更迭运动尚未被排除。
施特里克表示：”如果华盛顿对伊朗发动打击，应认真考虑打击政权的化学武器研究和生产设施。这样的行动有助于阻止这些武器的进一步发展和潜在使用，同时向政权明确传达：不能逍遥法外实施暴行。”
伊朗是《化学武器公约》(CWC)签约国，该公约维护反对国家拥有化学武器的规范，明确禁止国家发展、储存、生产和使用化学武器，即使出于报复purpose，也禁止接受或转让化学武器。
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以色列驻荷兰副大使 yarom wax在2025年7月OPCW特别会议前表示：”过去20年来，伊朗一直在发展基于武器化药物制剂的化学武器项目。”
瓦克斯称，这些药物可影响中枢神经系统，即使小剂量也可能致命。
大使称，2025年6月被以色列摧毁的Shahid Meisami研究中心，伊朗Shahid Meisami集团正研究用于军事的芬太尼类阿片类战术弹药。以色列认为，这些基于药物的制剂被转移给叙利亚长期执政现已倒台的独裁者巴沙尔·阿萨德，以及伊拉克什叶派民兵。
根据美国情报界信息，伊朗于1983年与伊拉克战争期间开始发展化学武器项目，以应对萨达姆政权的化学袭击。
就在2024年，美国多次发现伊朗违反《化学武器公约》义务。
伊朗常驻联合国代表团在2024年11月X平台发文反驳指控：”伊朗是萨达姆政权使用西方捐赠化学武器的受害者，伊朗是《化学武器公约》的负责任成员国。过去几十年，伊朗从未被记录违反公约。当前毫无根据的报道，只是犹太复国主义政权在黎巴嫩前线近期失利后发动的心理战。”
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施特里克表示，美国和国际社会未能追究伊朗非法化学武器项目的责任，必须采取有意义的行动，防止伊朗向其在中东的邪恶代理武装运送违禁物资。
报告指出，美国和OPCW应发起对伊朗的压力运动，揭露政权违反公约的行为并公开曝光。报告建议特朗普政府要求伊朗正式接受《化学武器公约》监测核查机制。
FDD还建议以色列批准《化学武器公约》并在OPCW框架内行动，这将增强以色列打击伊朗违反公约行为的可信度。
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报告称，作为最后手段，如果可操作情报显示伊朗化学武器项目有进展，或政权再次推动使用此类非法武器镇压反政府抗议，美国应考虑打击政权化学武器设施，或支持以色列的行动。
施特里克强调：”解决伊朗持续存在的大规模杀伤性武器威胁的唯一办法，是美国和以色列削弱政权的控制力。在此之前，只要德黑兰威胁地区和平，两国就不得不周期性地与伊朗的能力进行’打地鼠’式博弈。”
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Iran’s shadowy chemical weapons program draws scrutiny as reports allege use against protesters
Foundation for Defense of Democracies report comes as US-regime talks set to continue Thursday in Geneva
By Chris Massaro
Fox News
Published February 24, 2026 4:43pm EST
A new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) raises concerns about Iran’s opaque chemical weapons program, which argues policymakers have paid little attention to compared with Iran’s more scrutinized nuclear weapons program.
The FDD report outlines how the Iranian regime may have resorted to the unconventional use of chemical weapons while it faced an unprecedented uprising beginning in December 2025, a wave of unrest Tehran has not seen since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Any use of chemical weapons by Iran would be in defiance of their obligations under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention.
“The United States, its allies and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) should investigate credible claims that Iran’s regime used chemical weapons against its own people,” Andrea Stricker, deputy director of FDD’s nonproliferation program and author of the report, told Fox News Digital.
Iran’s illicit chemical weapons program is under renewed scrutiny as the Trump administration appears closer to taking military action against Iran and its nuclear weapons program.
While the U.S. has been engaged in indirect talks with Iranian officials mediated by Oman in Geneva, the U.S. has increased its military presence in the Persian Gulf, sending the USS Gerald R. Ford to join dozens of other warships to the region.
On Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi posted on X that “Iran will resume talks with the U.S. in Geneva with a determination to achieve a fair and equitable deal—in the shortest possible time.”
The foreign minister claimed that Iran will not pursue nuclear weapons under any circumstances but emphasized that Iran will not forgo its right to harness peaceful nuclear technology.
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“A deal is within reach, but only if diplomacy is given priority,” he added.
Despite the optimism and push for continued talks, there remain fears that Iran will not make any meaningful concessions on their nuclear program, which could lead to U.S. military strikes on the nation.
A broader regime change campaign to topple the Islamic republic’s government, led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is also not off the table, according to some reports.
“If Washington launches strikes against Iran, it should give serious consideration to targeting the regime’s chemical weapons research and production facilities. Such action would help halt further development and potential use of these weapons while sending a clear message that the regime cannot commit atrocities with impunity,” Stricker said.
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which Iran is party to, upholds the norms against state-held chemical weapons, specifically, banning states’ development, stockpiling, production and use of chemical weapons, even for retaliatory reasons, as well as their receipt from or transfer to anyone.
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Israel’s deputy ambassador to the Netherlands, Yaron Wax, said in July 2025 before a special meeting of the OPCW that “over the past two decades Iran has been developing a chemical weapons program based on weaponized pharmaceutical agents.”
These agents, Wax said, impact the central nervous system and can be fatal even in small doses.
The ambassador said at the Shahid Meisami Research Complex, destroyed by Israel in June 2025, Iran’s Shahid Meisami Group (SMG) was working on fentanyl opioid-derived tactical munitions for military use. Israel believes the pharmaceutical-based agents were transferred to Syria’s longtime and now deposed dictator, Bashar al-Assad, and Iraqi Shia militias as well.
Iran began developing its chemical weapons program in 1983 during its war with Iraq in response to chemical attacks from the regime of Saddam Hussein, according to the U.S. Intelligence Community.
As recently as 2024, the U.S. has repeatedly found Iran in noncompliance with its obligations under the CWC.
In a post on X in November 2024, the Iranian mission to the United Nations pushed back on the charges against it. “A victim of Western-donated chemical weapons employed by the Saddam regime, Iran stands as a responsible member of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over the past several decades, not a single instance of Iranian violation has been recorded. The current unfounded reports are merely an outgrowth of psychological warfare propagated by the Zionist regime in the wake of its recent defeat on the Lebanese front.”
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Stricker says the U.S. and international community have failed to hold Iran accountable for its illegal chemical weapons program, and meaningful action must be taken to prevent Iran from transporting banned substances to Iran’s nefarious proxy actors in the Middle East.
The report notes that the U.S. and OPCW should launch a pressure campaign against Iran, calling out the regime and publicizing any violations. The Trump administration, the report recommends, should demand a formal ultimatum to demonstrate compliance with the convention and accept monitoring and verification mechanisms.
FDD also suggests Israel should ratify the CWC and work within the OPCW, which would give Israel more credibility in combating Iranian violations.
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The report says that, as a last resort, the U.S. should consider launching strikes targeting regime chemical weapons facilities, or support Israeli efforts, if actionable intelligence indicates movement on Iran’s chemical weapons efforts or a renewed push by the regime to use such illegal weapons to crack down on anti-government protests.
“The only solution to Iran’s persistent WMD threat is for the United States and Israel to undermine the regime’s grip on power. Until then, the two nations will periodically be forced to play whack-a-mole with Tehran’s capabilities whenever they endanger regional peace,” Stricker said.
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