Pakistan’s UN envoy condemns US a day after Trump Nobel Peace Prize nomination
“Pakistan has condemned the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities”, its ambassador to the UN, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, has told the UNSC.
“The sharp rise in tensions and violence as a result of the Israeli aggression and unlawful actions is profoundly disturbing. Any further escalation risks catastrophic consequences for the region and beyond,” he said.
“Pakistan stands in solidarity with the government and brotherly people of Iran during this challenging time”, Ahmad continued.
These comments come just a day after Pakistan said it would recommend United States President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The irony...
Israel, US strikes result of ‘politically motivated actions’
Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Ali Bahreini has been addressing the UN Security Council.
Israeli and US attacks on Iran did not come about “in a vacuum”, Bahreini said, adding that they are the result of “politically motivated actions” of the US and its European partners.
Israel decided to “destroy diplomacy” when it struck Iran, two days ahead of nuclear talks that were set to take place between Iran and the US, Bahreini said.
While the West expects Iran to return to the negotiating table, he asked, how can it return to something “it never left”?
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has been “manipulated into a political weapon … exploited as a pretext for aggression and unlawful action”, Bahreini said.
When the so called 'enemy' is the only one telling the truth...
IAEA chief: Non-Proliferation Treaty may collapse under current circumstances
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi noted that:
- The global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is at stake and may collapse under current circumstances.
- At the moment, no one, including the IAEA, can assess the underground damage at Fordow.
- We must act immediately and decisively to stop the fighting and return to serious and sustainable negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme.
- Grossi again calls for maximum restraint, as military escalation threatens lives and delays a diplomatic solution.
- Iran has informed the IAEA that there has been no increase in radiation levels at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
- IAEA inspectors are in Iran and their work requires a cessation of hostilities.
Iran’s FM in Russia for talks
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow for talks on Sunday.
“Abbas Araghchi … arrived in Moscow to hold consultations with the [Russian] president and other senior officials of Russia regarding regional and international developments following the military aggression by the United States and the Zionist regime against Iran,” the official IRNA news agency said.
Not surprising in the least.
