Iranian Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaei has renewed Tehran's call for turning the Middle East into a nuclear weapons-free zone, saying the proposition enjoys the backing of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) members, Press TV reported.| One of the few things the Persians and the Arabs agree on is that the icky Joooz should be forced to give up whatever nuclear weapons they have. In return the Persians and Arabs will give up .. nothing... |
"Unfortunately, the regime of Israel because ... they have nuclear weapons ... stopped this conference and we didn't have it and since then many countries especially the Non-Aligned Movement members have been trying to hold this conference," Khazaei said after a meeting of UN Disarmament and International Security Committee.
"So, in my statement today on behalf of the NAM, we urged member countries to support the idea to hold this conference as soon as possible," he added. Iran currently chairs the NAM.
Earlier in an address to the committee, Khazaei said that Iran had presented to the UN body a draft resolution on three proposals for a world free of nuclear arms. He said the proposals put forward by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani during the UN Disarmament Conference could set a roadmap for achieving a nuke-free world.
The Iranian envoy called on all countries to support the ratification of the draft resolution, which, he added, would reinforce international efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons across the world.
| Conveniently leaving the Persians free to aggrandize all they wish. And making the holder of a few surreptitious nuclear weapons king of the world... |