 CAIRO - The Arab League said Wednesday that Iran had the right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, as laid down in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. “We support Iran’s position on the peaceful use of atomic energy because this right is enshrined in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said.
| I thought he had a heart attack? |
“This right exists for all Arab and non-Arab countries which have signed the NPT and wish to achieve progress,” Mussa added. But he stressed the region was not in need of a military nuclear programme.
“This applies to Iran and Israel and others,” Mussa said.
| "Technically, mostly Israel." |
“The objective should be to clear the Middle East region of all weapons of mass destruction, first and foremost nuclear weapons,” the Arab League chief emphasised.
| "So that we can kill all the Jooooz without getting our asses kicked," he added. |
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, during a visit last week to Cairo where the Arab League is based, urged all Muslim countries to follow in his country’s footsteps and develop a nuclear energy program. “The nuclear issue affects the future of all Muslim countries,” Larijani said on Saturday.
| Like whether there will be Muslim countries in the future. |
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