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September 27, 2013

Iranian President Calls for End to Nuclear Weapons Worldwide 
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Earlier in the day, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for the
elimination of all nuclear weapons during a nuclear disarmament meeting
at the United Nations. He invoked the U.S. nuclear bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki and said there are no "right hands" for nuclear weapons to
be in.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: "Almost four decades of international
effort to establish a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East has
regrettably failed. Urgent practical steps toward the establishment of
such a zone are necessary. Israel, the only non party to the Non
Proliferation Treaty in this region, should join there too without any
further delay."

 

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