Israeli Nukes Pose Threat to Mideast: Analyst
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian political analyst said that Israeli nukes pose a serious threat to stability and security in the Middle East.
Speaking in an interview with Sputnik on Friday, Seyed Mehdi Seyed Afqahi strongly condemned the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) failure to adopt a resolution against Israel’s nuclear activities on Thursday and reiterated that the Israeli regime’s nuclear arsenal is a menace to the region’s stability.
"Double standards indicate that we have the right to doubt the IAEA reports about the Israeli nuclear program presented to the UN Security Council and the Group 5+1. There are biased (…) and focused on hostility," he said.
He added that if the resolution on the Israeli nuclear program was approved, all scandalous matters and violations would be revealed about the Israeli nuclear arsenal.
On Thursday, a resolution against Israel’s nuclear activities and facilities failed to secure enough votes at the General Assembly of the IAEA.
61 countries, including the United States and the entire member states of the European Union, voted against the resolution, while 43 countries, including Iran, Russia and Turkey, voted in favor, and 33 states, including Brazil and India, abstained.
The resolution, titled “Israel’s nuclear capabilities,” was presented by the Egyptian envoy to the IAEA at the annual plenum of the UN nuclear watchdog and demanded that the Tel Aviv regime join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and open its nuclear facilities to UN inspectors. The resolution included a clause describing Israel’s nuclear arsenal as “a permanent threat to peace and security in the region.”
“All member states of the agency are called on to cooperate in order to remedy this situation resulting from the fact that Israel alone possesses nuclear capabilities which are undeclared and not subject to international control,” the text of the resolution read.
