Amir Abdollahian: The Zionist regime is the most immediate and tangible danger for the whole world

The Foreign Minister said: The Israeli regime is the most immediate and tangible danger, not only for the defenseless Palestinians and the West Asian region, but also for the whole world, and the international community must deal with this threat. take it seriously and take a decisive decision in the face of the unprecedented threat posed by this occupying, apartheid and militant regime to world peace.

Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Monday at the disarmament conference at the headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, stating that the Islamic Republic of Iran insistently demands the destruction of all nuclear weapons, which is the biggest man-made threat against humanity and the planet, and stated: We strongly believe this. The coherence and validity of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) depends on the full implementation of all the obligations contained in it, including Article 6, according to which the countries possessing nuclear weapons are obliged to negotiate effectively and result-oriented for nuclear disarmament.

He added: The Islamic Republic of Iran has proven that it is constantly trying to mobilize the collective political will of countries against nuclear weapons and to strengthen international norms for nuclear disarmament. The complete disarmament of nuclear weapons is the only valid and reliable way to prevent the repetition of the disasters of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The head of the country’s diplomacy stated that we are also eager to cooperate with the members of the disarmament conference during the term of the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which will begin on March 18. If they act politically and fulfill their commitments regarding nuclear disarmament, the long-term impasse of this conference that has prevented the implementation of its mission will be broken.

Amir Abdullahian continued: Iran, as the biggest victim of weapons of mass destruction after the Second World War due to the chemical weapons used by the former Iraqi regime, emphasizes that the only guarantee of non-use of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, is complete and irreversible destruction. And they can be verified.

He stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran did not consider the crime of using chemical weapons against its people to be subject to the passage of time and diligently demanded clarification from the countries that sold the elements and technologies used by the Saddam regime to produce chemical weapons. The truth and holding them accountable is in line with upholding the rights of the victims, he emphasized: It is a pity that our collective efforts to establish a zone free of nuclear weapons in West Asia, which was first proposed in 1974 at the initiative of Iran, are still supported by the United States. America and its allies, as part of their active support for the real source of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the region, that is, the Israeli regime, have been unsuccessful.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized: In fact, the Israeli regime is the most immediate and tangible danger, not only for the defenseless Palestinians and the West Asian region, but also for the whole world. The international community must consider this threat seriously and take a decisive decision in the face of the unprecedented threat posed by this occupying, apartheid and militant regime to world peace.

Amir Abdullahian said: The brutality that this US-backed apartheid regime has shown during its brutal genocide in Gaza in the last five months, and in between, nothing – not innocent women and children, not UN employees, not journalists, not schools. And not the patients and hospitals – the red line has not been counted, along with the crimes of settlers in the West Bank, indicating an extraordinary level of danger that is pushing the region towards an imminent and widespread conflict.

He continued: This occupying regime has become so emboldened by the support of America and some other western countries that it shamelessly threatens both the oppressed people of Gaza and the countries of the region with the use of nuclear weapons. For example, it was not the verbal mistake of Netanyahu’s cabinet minister who recommended the nuclear option to destroy the Hamas liberation movement. Before that, in his speech at the UN General Assembly in September 2023, Netanyahu spoke of the necessity of a “real nuclear threat against Iran”.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs raised the question that in such a situation, can humanity just be a spectator and allow an aggressor occupying nuclear weapons to continue the genocide of the Palestinian nation and endanger regional peace and security? Such reckless mocking of international law, he said: Our legal responsibility and common moral obligation require us to stop the genocide and hold the aggressors accountable for committing war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

Amir Abdullahian stated that at the same time, the world should acknowledge that nuclear weapons in the hands of such a regime are considered the most serious and immediate threat to humanity, adding: Therefore, it is definitely necessary to punish this illegitimate Israeli regime for its law-breaking behavior and Let us be responsible for the wickedness of sexual intercourse. It is necessary that all the nuclear weapons stockpiles of this regime be destroyed and all its nuclear facilities be placed under the safeguards and verification mechanisms of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

He said: In a situation where the international security situation is clearly getting worse, nuclear disarmament is not a choice, but a necessity. The disarmament conference is the most suitable framework for the collective effort to realize this important goal, therefore it is necessary for all of us to have a constructive and effective participation to achieve this goal.

Source: IRNA