Vienna (IP) - Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations in his latest tweet to mark the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki said that to have a safe and secure world, nuclear weapons should be destroyed totally.

Iran PressEurope: Kazem Gharibabadi tweeted: "Yesterday marked 76th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which killed up to 226000 civilians."

"That was a genocide and crimes against humanity," he stressed.

"The US is the first who used nuclear weapons, and still develops its arsenal and even threatens others to their use," added Gharibabadi.

Gharibabadi concluded: "To have a safe and secure world, nuclear weapons should be destroyed totally."

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