'Grave threat': Iran says Israel's nukes endangering world, blasts US nuclear spending spree
"…Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the international community must push the Israeli 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.
"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.
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 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.
Israel is estimated to possess 200 to 400 nuclear warheads in its arsenal, making it the sole possessor of non-conventional arms in West Asia.
It has refused to either allow inspections of its nuclear facilities or sign the NPT.
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…"
Source:
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/24/743407/Iran-Israel-join-NPT-submit-nuclear-activities-IAEA-Safeguards-
