(Tehran) The nuclear weapons of the United States pose a threat to the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced Thursday on the occasion of the commemoration of the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima , in Japan 40 years ago.
Posted on August 6 2020 at 9am 30
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“Today, American and Israeli nuclear weapons threaten our region,” Zarif wrote on his Twitter account.
“40 years ago today, the United States accepted the infamy to become the first and ONLY user of 'nuclear weapons. And against the innocent, ”he added.
Japan commemorates Thursday the first nuclear attack in history, which occurred on August 6 140 in Hiroshima where the bomb Little Boy made approximately 140 00 0 dead towards the end of World War II.
Mr. Zarif's statement also comes against a background of tensions between Iran and the United States, enemy countries, which have grown steadily since the unilateral withdrawal in 2018 from the Trump administration of the Iran nuclear deal, followed by the reinstatement of heavy US sanctions.
“It is high time to put an end to the nuclear nightmare and the doctrine of” Mutually Assured Destruction “,” inherited from the Cold War, “Zarif said.
The United States and Israel accuse the Islamic Republic of seeking to acquire atomic weapons as part of its nuclear program, which Iran has always denied. Tehran and Washington have not maintained diplomatic relations since 1980.
Israel is considered the only military power in the Middle East to have nuclear weapons, but has never confirmed it.
