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Iran's N. Confab Slams US as World's No. 1 Violator of NPT
TEHRAN (FNA)- The second international conference on nuclear disarmament blasted the United States as the main violator of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) rules and regulations.
The conference lashed out at the United States for violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and for assisting Israel.
The conference also complained that Israel is the only obstacle to a nuclear-free Middle East. Israel is widely believed to have nuclear capabilities. Military analysts say the Zionist regime has hundreds of nuclear warheads.
Addressing the inaugural session of the Tehran disarmament conference, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi blasted the Zionist regime's clandestine nuclear program, and said, "The Zionist regime is the only obstacle to the creation of a Middle-East free from nuclear weapons."
Referring to a conference due to be held in 2012 "on the establishment of a Middle East free from all weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), including nuclear weapons" approved by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference last year, he expressed the hope that the conference would make the Zionist regime accept the international community's repeated demand for joining the NPT.
"The world community should put pressure on the Zionist regime to join the NPT and allow inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency," Salehi said.
He also called the United States "the biggest violator of the NPT".
Salehi described disarmament as a necessity for the creation of a secure world, and said that no precondition should be set for the materialization of this goal.
Iran, an NPT-signatory, has called for the removal of all weapons of mass destruction from across the globe.
The UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution proposed by Iran on nuclear disarmament in October 2009 amid strong opposition by the US, Britain, France, Israel and a number of western countries.
The resolution ratified in the first committee of the UN General Assembly called on all nuclear countries to annihilate their nuclear weapons under the supervision of international bodies.
More than 100 countries, including non-nuclear members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), voted for the resolution.
The resolution also urged Israel to join the NPT and allow the IAEA to inspect its nuclear installations.
The conference lashed out at the United States for violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and for assisting Israel.
The conference also complained that Israel is the only obstacle to a nuclear-free Middle East. Israel is widely believed to have nuclear capabilities. Military analysts say the Zionist regime has hundreds of nuclear warheads.
Addressing the inaugural session of the Tehran disarmament conference, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi blasted the Zionist regime's clandestine nuclear program, and said, "The Zionist regime is the only obstacle to the creation of a Middle-East free from nuclear weapons."
Referring to a conference due to be held in 2012 "on the establishment of a Middle East free from all weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), including nuclear weapons" approved by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference last year, he expressed the hope that the conference would make the Zionist regime accept the international community's repeated demand for joining the NPT.
"The world community should put pressure on the Zionist regime to join the NPT and allow inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency," Salehi said.
He also called the United States "the biggest violator of the NPT".
Salehi described disarmament as a necessity for the creation of a secure world, and said that no precondition should be set for the materialization of this goal.
Iran, an NPT-signatory, has called for the removal of all weapons of mass destruction from across the globe.
The UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution proposed by Iran on nuclear disarmament in October 2009 amid strong opposition by the US, Britain, France, Israel and a number of western countries.
The resolution ratified in the first committee of the UN General Assembly called on all nuclear countries to annihilate their nuclear weapons under the supervision of international bodies.
More than 100 countries, including non-nuclear members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), voted for the resolution.
The resolution also urged Israel to join the NPT and allow the IAEA to inspect its nuclear installations.
