Addressing the third conference on making West Asia a zone free of weapons of mass destruction under the auspices of the United Nations, Permanent Representative of Iran Amir Saeed Erwani said that Israel’s nuclear weapons are the biggest threat to the security of the region. He said that spreading unprofessional and false information about Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities would not only help those making such claims but would also distract from the Zionist regime’s desire to make West Asia free of nuclear weapons. All the major hurdles remain in the construction project.
Amir Saeed Erwani said that Iran is not only involved in all international agreements related to the prohibition of weapons of mass destruction but also proposed to make the region of West Asia free of destructive weapons in 1974 and still today. supports this proposal.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations expressed hope that other countries will show firmness like Tehran and avoid any policy that could harm the plan to rid West Asia of weapons of mass destruction. be
Amir Saeed Erwani lamented the failure of the last two conferences and also the review conference on the Chemical Weapons Convention, saying that this situation shows that these conferences have failed to make West Asia free of destructive weapons. There was little support for the territorialization process which could have strengthened the process.
Bassam Sabbagh, the permanent delegate of Syria to the United Nations, also described Israel as the biggest obstacle in making West Asia a zone free of destructive weapons, saying that in order to make West Asia a zone free of destructive weapons, it is necessary for Israel to Nuclear weapons should be destroyed, it should be included in NPT and its nuclear installations should be inspected.
The Syrian delegate to the United Nations said that in the shadow of the support of Western countries and especially the United States, the Zionist government not only owns nuclear weapons but is also engaged in making new nuclear weapons. Describing Israel’s nuclear activities as the biggest threat to regional peace and security, he said that because of the support of the United States and Western countries, Israel has been brazenly rejecting international monitoring of its nuclear facilities. According to several reports from informed sources, Israel, which has around 200 to 400 nuclear weapons, is constantly refusing to join international treaties like NPT and CTBT.
