Iran Press/ Iran news- In a tweet on his official page, Zarif strongly criticized Israel's threatening and called it a shamefull action: 'Iran, a country without nuclear weapons, is threatened with atomic annihilation by a warmonger standing next to an actual nuclear weapons factory. Beyond shameless in the gall,'.
Some hours earlier, on Wednesday, Zarif remembered August 29 which marks International Day against Nuclear Tests and criticized the US as the sole user of nuclear weapons and Israel as the only possessor of nukes in the Middle East.
“As world marks Int'l Day against Nuclear Tests, let's remember that only nuclear bombs in our region belong to Israel and the US; the former a habitual aggressor & the latter the sole user of nukes. Let's also remember that Iran has called for Nuclear Weapon Free Zone since 1974,” Zarif twitted.
While it is widely believed that Israel possesses a sizable nuclear arsenal, there is no definite information about how big the stockpile is.
The illegal Zionist entity is estimated to have 200 to 400 nuclear warheads in its arsenal. The regime, which pursues a policy of so-called deliberate ambiguity about its nuclear bombs, however, refuses to either accept or deny having the weapons, PressTV reported.
The UN nuclear watchdog IAEA has on several occasions verified peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), to which Iran has remained committed since it went into force.
Iran, among the first countries to sign the NPT, has long called for the establishment of a nuke-free Middle East, describing Zionist regime as the sole obstacle to the goal.
After Washington's May 8 exit from the historic Iran Deal, the US gave 90 to 180 wind-down period to other countries before it starts re-imposing oil sanctions on Tehran on November 4.
Part of the US illegitimate sanctions were imposed on Iran on August 9.Trump also said he would reinstate the US nuclear sanctions on Iran and impose “the highest level” of economic bans on the Islamic Republic.
Last month US Secretary of State talked about a "maximum pressure campaign" targeting Iran that will support protests in this country.
Pompeo along with US national security adviser, John Bolton has been a vocal critic of the Iran and the internationally negotiated Iran nuclear deal of 2015 and advocated immediate regime change.
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