Iran: US nukes biggest threat to global security

Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili says the US should be relieved of its veto power and disarmed over the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

"The least penalty for the United States is its disarmament and disqualifying its veto power," said Jalili during his visit to Hiroshima.

"Unfortunately not only was not the US condemned for Hiroshima massacre but it was also awarded with veto power in the (UN) Security Council," he said.

During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against Japan. The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945, with roughly half of those deaths occurring on the days of the bombings.

Jalili went on to add that the Hiroshima tragedy showed that certain major powers such as the US have no remorse about killing innocent people in line with their interests.

Non-commitment of the US and other major powers to the eliminatation of their nuclear weapons is "the biggest threat to global security," said Jalili, who is also the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

He called on the international community to put pressure on Washington to eradicate its atomic arsenal.

Regarding the US military strategy after World War II, Jalili took a swipe at Washington for equipping Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq with chemical weapons, and supplying the Zionist regime with nuclear weapons.

He also questioned the US military presence in Afghanistan and its policy to develop a new generation of nuclear weapons.

Jalili noted that Iran plans to hold a conference in Tehran on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.