United Nations, May 04: In an expected showdown, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton engaged in a verbal attack at a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty meeting here, where nations gathered for a debate over the world’s atomic weapons.
In his 35-minute speech at the NPT Review Conference here, Ahmadinejad slammed Washington for bullying Tehran over its nuclear programme while not pushing the “Zionist regime” (Israel) for getting rid of its nuclear weapons.
Israel does not confirm or deny having nuclear arsenal.
“Regrettably, the government of the US has not only used nuclear weapons but continues to threaten to use such weapons against other countries including Iran,” he said, adding the “Zionist regime, too, consistently threatens the Middle Eastern countries”.
–PTI