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Iran criticizes Clinton’s empty rhetoric
TEHRAN, May 5 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has criticized the U.S. secretary of state’s remarks at the NPT Review Conference in New York.
“Clinton’s remarks are meant to change the main subject. Those who have stockpiled thousands of nuclear weapons and threaten others with them make these remarks in order to change the subject,” Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly press briefing on Tuesday.
Addressing the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference on Monday, Hillary Clinton accused Iran of “flouting the rules” of the NPT. She also criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for leveling what she described as wild accusations at the United States and other Western powers.
“This morning Iran's president offered the same tired, false, and sometimes wild accusations against the United States and other parties,” Clinton said.
Commenting on the fact that a number of Western delegates left the conference as President Ahmadinejad took the podium, Mehmanparast said they should show more tolerance and listen to other points of view and should also give logical responses.
“Escaping the stage does not solve any problems with regard to global security,” he added.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Mehmanparast urged all nuclear weapons states that are not signatories to the NPT to sign the treaty.
But this will require cooperation among members of the international community, he added.
Iran to hold International Anti-Terrorism Conference
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman also stated that Iran will host an international conference on combating terrorism in late August.
The conference will provide an opportunity for countries and organizations that are serious about the issue of fighting terrorism to explore the issue from various angles so that a major campaign against international terrorism can be launched, Mehmanparast said.
The meeting is scheduled to be held on August 30, which is the martyrdom anniversary of former Iranian president Mohammad-Ali Rajaii and former prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, who were killed in a terrorist bomb attack in 1981.
“Clinton’s remarks are meant to change the main subject. Those who have stockpiled thousands of nuclear weapons and threaten others with them make these remarks in order to change the subject,” Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly press briefing on Tuesday.
Addressing the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference on Monday, Hillary Clinton accused Iran of “flouting the rules” of the NPT. She also criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for leveling what she described as wild accusations at the United States and other Western powers.
“This morning Iran's president offered the same tired, false, and sometimes wild accusations against the United States and other parties,” Clinton said.
Commenting on the fact that a number of Western delegates left the conference as President Ahmadinejad took the podium, Mehmanparast said they should show more tolerance and listen to other points of view and should also give logical responses.
“Escaping the stage does not solve any problems with regard to global security,” he added.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Mehmanparast urged all nuclear weapons states that are not signatories to the NPT to sign the treaty.
But this will require cooperation among members of the international community, he added.
Iran to hold International Anti-Terrorism Conference
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman also stated that Iran will host an international conference on combating terrorism in late August.
The conference will provide an opportunity for countries and organizations that are serious about the issue of fighting terrorism to explore the issue from various angles so that a major campaign against international terrorism can be launched, Mehmanparast said.
The meeting is scheduled to be held on August 30, which is the martyrdom anniversary of former Iranian president Mohammad-Ali Rajaii and former prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, who were killed in a terrorist bomb attack in 1981.
