Iran, US hurl invectives against each other
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
From Fazle Rashid
NEW YORK, April 04: Iran and the US hurled choicest invectives and diatribes against each other at the opening of the international conference to review the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the United Nations yesterday.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, being the lone head of state attending the conference usually left to foreign ministers, angrily rebuffed American accusation of Teheran being a nuclear outlaw. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Iran of trying to create a smokescreen to hide its violations. She said Iran is trying to undermine the NNPT.
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said nuclear threats remain real. It has evolved in new and varied forms, the New York Times quoted the secretary general as saying
Iran's president said the nuclear power nations continuously intimidate the countries that do not have nuclear power and named the US in fostering a nuclear arm race. Ahmedinejad said the US and its allies have failed to provide conclusive proof that Iran is concealing its attempt at developing a nuclear bomb. The UN secretary general called upon Iran to prove that its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes. Iran is facing a fourth round of Security Council sanctions.
Ahmedinejad's address was boycotted by delegations from the US and many European nations.
Hillary Clinton in her speech accused Iran of jeopardising the non-proliferation treaty by defying the Security Council and International Atomic Energy Agency call for more transparency in its nuclear development programme. Washington had already stated that it would not use nuclear arsenal against a non-nuclear country. Washington has highlighted the danger of nuclear arms race in the Middle East spurred by Iran's nuclear programme.
NEW YORK, April 04: Iran and the US hurled choicest invectives and diatribes against each other at the opening of the international conference to review the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the United Nations yesterday.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, being the lone head of state attending the conference usually left to foreign ministers, angrily rebuffed American accusation of Teheran being a nuclear outlaw. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Iran of trying to create a smokescreen to hide its violations. She said Iran is trying to undermine the NNPT.
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said nuclear threats remain real. It has evolved in new and varied forms, the New York Times quoted the secretary general as saying
Iran's president said the nuclear power nations continuously intimidate the countries that do not have nuclear power and named the US in fostering a nuclear arm race. Ahmedinejad said the US and its allies have failed to provide conclusive proof that Iran is concealing its attempt at developing a nuclear bomb. The UN secretary general called upon Iran to prove that its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes. Iran is facing a fourth round of Security Council sanctions.
Ahmedinejad's address was boycotted by delegations from the US and many European nations.
Hillary Clinton in her speech accused Iran of jeopardising the non-proliferation treaty by defying the Security Council and International Atomic Energy Agency call for more transparency in its nuclear development programme. Washington had already stated that it would not use nuclear arsenal against a non-nuclear country. Washington has highlighted the danger of nuclear arms race in the Middle East spurred by Iran's nuclear programme.