Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the international community must push the Israeli occupation regime to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and put all its nuclear facilities under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards.
Araghchi made the remark in an address to the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in the Swiss city of Geneva on Monday.
He said the weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons possessed by the Israeli regime, continue to pose a grave threat to regional and global peace and security.
“The international community must hold this regime accountable, and demand that it renounce the possession of nuclear weapons, accede to the NPT as a non-nuclear-weapon party, and subject all its nuclear facilities and activities to the comprehensive IAEA Safeguards,” he said.
The minister emphasized that the Israeli regime is hindering the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in West Asia and continues to threaten others with nuclear annihilation.
Araghchi cited the evil suggestion of using nuclear weapons against the people of Palestine in the Gaza Strip as a vivid example of the Israeli regime’s outlawed action.
“We categorically condemn this illegitimate, illegal, and irresponsible action and position,” the Iranian foreign minister said.
Araghchi added that the Israeli regime inflicted the most horrifying record of aggression, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in the 21st century in the occupied Palestinian territory, which no human conscience should tolerate.
“The deliberate war crimes, ethnic cleansing, mass starvation, and collective punishment exercised by the Israeli regime shall not remain unpunished.”
He reiterated that his country will remain fully committed to implementing its international commitments, regarding the nuclear weapons non-proliferation treaty, calling for a halt in the production of these weapons and their global elimination to ensure security and stability in the region and the world.
It is worth mentioning that at the opening of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, both the United States and Israel were not present, having previously withdrawn from the council.
It is worth mentioning that at the opening of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, both the United States and Israel were not present, having previously withdrawn from the council.
