US Peace Group Urges NAM To Condemn Military Threats Against Iran

Berlin, Aug 28, IRNA -- The US anti-war organization Veterans For Peace called on the upcoming summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran to condemn US and Israeli military threats against Iran, the Berlin-based daily Junge Welt reported Monday. 'With the Non-Aligned Movement meeting this week in Tehran, Veterans For Peace is urging the organization of 120 nations not formally allied with any major power bloc to take steps to deter the Israeli-American threats of war against Iran over its nuclear enrichment program,' it said. The US peace group appealed to NAM leaders to do everything in their power to halt US and Israeli military threats against Tehran. It stressed Israel and the US were 'de facto, in open violation of Article 4 of the UN Charter, which prohibits not only the use of force but also the threat to use force against a country from which there is no imminent danger.' Veterans For Peace reaffirmed also 'solidarity with the Iranian people' and urged the United States to lift the economic sanctions against Iran. 'These sanctions are an act of war and are hurting the people of Iran. We demand that our own government stop its threats of war and we implore President Obama to state publicly and very clearly to Israel that the United States will not support an attack on Iran,” it said. The US peace organization urged also NAM leaders 'to take a strong position against the economic sanctions.' 'Nonaligned countries are aware, better than most, of the suffering incurred by the imposition of such measures. Sanctions against Iran are no more justified than the ones imposed earlier on Iraq... The stringent economic sanctions imposed on Iran are equally unconscionable,' it said. /end