Int'l Think-tank Team For Preventing Nuclear War, To Visit Iran

Tehran, Nov 11, IRNA -- A team of European physicians and students of International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War are due to visit Iran on November 11-15. Tehran Peace Museum said that the team composed of physicians from Sweden, Turkey, Norway and Denmark will pay a visit to Tehran at an invitation from TPM and the Society for Supporters of Chemical Weapons Victims. The team will meet the war disabled physicians and Foreign Ministry officials. The team will also meet university scholars on issues such as how to root out weapons of mass destruction and responsibility of the medical communities in this regard. The Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 62 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation. It was established in 1980 and awarded the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for performing "a considerable service to mankind by spreading authoritative information and by creating an awareness of the catastrophic consequences of atomic warfare." PPNW works on a broad range of issues such as pursuing its mission to create a more peaceful and secure world from weapons of mass destruction, abolishing nuclear weapons and preventing war and armed violence./end