Iran said Tuesday that foreign ministers from 15 countries will take part in a two-day nuclear-disarmament conference to be held in Tehran April 17 and 18.
Iran
said
Tuesday that foreign ministers from 15 countries will take part in a two-day
nuclear-disarmament conference to be held in
Tehran
April
17 and 18.
The
Tehran
conference comes just days after
Washington
's
high-profile nuclear-security summit, which is being attended by 46 world
leaders.
Iran
,
which is at loggerheads with the
U.S.
,
isn't attending that summit.
"Foreign ministers from 15 countries and more than 200 foreign guests will
take part in the
Tehran
conference," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told
reporters. He didn't name the countries attending the meeting.
He said the conference was being held following a "collective will of some
independent and free-willed nations to genuinely confront the use of nuclear
weapons in today's world."
Mehmanparast dismissed the
Washington
summit, saying the host was the holder of one of the largest stockpiles of
nuclear weapons in the world.
"Our people doubt such theatrical meetings as some nations have nuclear weapons,
have used them, want to retain their arsenal and have impudently threatened to
use them against other nations," he said, referring to the
U.S.
,
which last week unveiled its new nuclear policy.
The policy limits
Washington
's use
of its nuclear arsenal, but singles out
Iran
and
North
Korea
as exceptions, a move which
has angered Iranian officials.
In recent months,
Washington
has
spearheaded global efforts to impose new sanctions against
Tehran
for
refusing to abandon its nuclear program.
Western countries suspect the program is aimed at making weapons, a charge
vehemently denied by
Tehran
.
Iran
is
already under three sets of United Nations sanctions.
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