NOURNEWS - Iran said world countries should force the Israeli regime to join Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), stressing the destructive role of Washington and Tel Aviv in impeding efforts to cleanse the region of the Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN Eshaq Al Habib said that the international community must force the Zionist regime to sign the NPT.
"The destructive role of the US and the Israeli regime has prevented the realization of the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone," Al Habib said.
He made the remarks in a virtual meeting held on the anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) on Thursday.
Al Habib pointed to the destructive and criminal role of the Israeli regime in the region, emphasizing that the regime must allow IAEA access to its nuclear facilities.
The diplomat strongly slammed Washington’s role in the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and noted that with 1054 nuclear tests, the US has had the highest number of the tests in the world.
"The US has the world's largest nuclear arsenal and is the only country that has used nuclear bombs," said he, adding that Washington does not intend to end its nuclear tests, and rather, aims to modernize its nuclear arsenal.
"Nuclear disarmament must remain at the top of the international community's agenda," Al Habib said, adding that the nuclear tests must be stopped since they are against the soul of CTBT and commitment to nuclear disarmament as per the Article VI of the NPT.
In relevant remarks in June, Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to Vienna-Based International Organization Kazzem Qaribabadi reaffirmed Tehran’s principled position for complete obliteration of nuclear weapons, and expressed deep concern over violation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) by France and the US.
Addressing the 54th Session of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna on Thursday June 25, Qaribabadi stressed once again Iran’s long-standing and principled position on the urgent need for the full elimination of nuclear weapons, and added, “France’s recent test of a missile, which is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, and nuclear test explosions proposed by the US, are in serious breach of international nuclear nonproliferation treaties.”
He noted that unfortunately, after more than two decades since the approval of the treaty, achieving its main goal to terminate nuclear weapons’ development has become more out of reach.
Iran’s envoy underlined that the modernization and testing of nuclear weapons threaten NPT as well as the global peace and security.
The unilateral and illegal withdrawal from many international agreements, such as the Open Skies Treaty, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and JCPOA has become normal for the US that is not only against multilateralism but also damages international peace and security, he said.
He also expressed concern over US Senate approval of a $10 million budget for such a nuclear test, calling on the US and France to live up to their commitments to comply with protecting the objectives of disarmament treaties.
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