Iran calls for nuclear arms ban

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Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili attends a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo Monday. — AP Photo

TOKYO, Dec 21 (AP): Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has called for the disarmament of all nations with atomic weapons, but said all countries have the right to develop nuclear energy.
Jalili insisted that his country's nuclear programme is for civilian purposes, although the U.S. and other nations fear it is to produce weapons. He was on a visit to Japan when he made his remarks Monday.
"The crime that was committed in Hiroshima must never be repeated," he told reporters, referring to the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II.