“Iran and the Company have been cooperating for a very long time, which permits them to resolve their few remaining variations,” Ambassador Amir Saeed Iravani stated whereas addressing the UN Disarmament Fee on Tuesday.
Iravani, nonetheless, said that that is “offered that exterior political pressures on the Company stop and the IAEA adopts an unbiased, technical, neutral, {and professional} strategy.”
He was referring to a dispute triggered by the Company’s claims of “uranium traces” discovered at “undeclared nuclear websites” in Iran, allegations Tehran firmly rejects.
In Could 2023, the IAEA introduced it had closed the file on one among these alleged “undeclared” websites after progress was made in cooperation with Tehran. Iran has persistently said it’s ready to proceed its collaboration with the Company to resolve any remaining points.
Iravani underscored Iran’s unwavering dedication to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its constructive cooperation with the IAEA, noting that 22% of all IAEA inspections globally have taken place in Iran—an unprecedented stage of transparency.
“I want to underscore that Iran stays dedicated to the NPT and works constructively with the IAEA to make sure transparency and compliance with safeguards agreements.”
“To that finish, Iran has allowed intensive IAEA inspections, amounting to 22% of all IAEA inspections. This stage of inspection has by no means been carried out in any nation earlier than in historical past,” he added.
The ambassador additionally strongly condemned Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal, calling it the one WMD holder in West Asia. Backed by the USA, Israel continues to dam regional disarmament efforts, together with Iran’s longstanding proposal for a nuclear-weapon-free zone within the area.
“With six many years of deception and a clandestine WMD arsenal, the Israeli regime, the only possessor within the Center East, enjoys the backing of the USA and has persistently opposed all initiatives, together with Iran’s proposal since 1974, to determine a nuclear-weapon-free zone within the Center East,” Iravani underlined.
He urged the worldwide neighborhood to strain Israel to hitch the NPT as a non-nuclear-weapon state and place all of its nuclear services below IAEA oversight.
“To reveal a real dedication to the overall elimination of nuclear weapons, the worldwide neighborhood should deal with this obvious exception and compel Israel—an outlaw regime that has brazenly threatened others with nuclear annihilation whereas falsely accusing them of proliferation—to surrender its nuclear arsenal, be a part of the NPT, and place all its nuclear services and actions below complete IAEA safeguards.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Iravani warned of rising threats to international peace and safety as a consequence of escalating geopolitical tensions, elevated militarism, and the continued existence and modernization of over 12,000 nuclear weapons, notably by nuclear-armed states failing to fulfill their disarmament obligations below the NPT.
He criticized the USA and NATO for his or her nuclear double requirements—advocating non-proliferation whereas actively modernizing and deploying nuclear weapons, together with internet hosting U.S. warheads in Europe. He particularly condemned the current U.S. ICBM take a look at, calling it a transparent violation of disarmament norms.
In conclusion, Iravani warned towards the monopolization and militarization of rising applied sciences, calling for his or her peaceable use via legally binding worldwide agreements.
