US Nuclear Test Sneering At UN, IAEA: Iran MP

Tehran, Dec 9, IRNA – A senior member of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) said Sunday that recent US nuclear test was in fact a sneering at the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Esmael Kowsari told IRNA that last week US nuclear test in Nevada indicated that Washington has considered itself superior to the UN and its nuclear watchdog. “US has carried out the dangerous test while the IAEA is pursuing Iran's proposal regarding the world, particularly the Middle East, free from UN-conventional weapons," Kowsari said. Carrying out the Nevada test, the US proved that it gives no value to the international regulations and commitments and considers itself above any law, stressed the MP. According to US National Nuclear Security Administration officials said the Nevada National Security Site had successfully detonated plutonium in a deep shaft Wednesday to test the safety and effectiveness of US nuclear weapons. The Pollux subcritical experiment involved a tiny sample of plutonium bomb material. Subcritical nuclear experiments have been conducted in the US since 1997. International inspectors were not allowed to witness the experiment, as Washington has prevented access to its test site since the late 1990s. Wednesday's test was the 27th American "sub-critical experiment" since full-scale nuclear weapons tests were halted in 1992./end