US threat against Iran denounced: Poll

An opinion poll suggests that US President Barack Obama's threat of a nuclear attack against Iran should be condemned by the international community.

The results of the poll carried out by Press TV indicated that nearly 68 percent of respondents believe that the global community must denounce Obama's recent threatening comments about a nuclear attack against Iran.

Only 11 percent said that the threat could become a reality while 21 percent considered the threat a bluff.

US President Barack Obama released a new US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) last month, which restricts the use of US nuclear arms against some non-nuclear countries while excluding Iran and North Korea.

Just before issuing the new US nuclear weapons strategy, Obama told The New York Times that the loophole in the NPR would apply to what he called "outliers like Iran and North Korea."

The recent US threat was met with furor in Iran and prompted Tehran to submit an official complaint to the United Nations.

In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council and General Assembly presidents, Iran's Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaee said that the US threat constitutes "nuclear blackmail."

He described threats of a nuclear attack as an "inhumane" breach of international treaties and principles outlined in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Iran is among the original countries to have signed the NPT and is a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125559§ionid=3510203.