Iran’s Zarif: ‘Laughable’ that Netanyahu deemed anti-nuke ‘guru’ (comments from NYC)

Times of Israel ^ | today at 17:52 IDT | Ilan Ben Zion

[Dave346]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif calls it “laughable” that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has become everybody’s nonproliferation guru.”

“He’s sitting on 400 warheads, nuclear warheads, acquired in violation of the NPT (non-proliferation treaty),” to which Israel isn’t a party, he tells an audience at New York University.

Zarif says that the greatest threat to global security is nuclear weapons possessed by the P5+1 world powers, and next is Israel’s nuclear weapons.

He says that he would welcome Saudi Arabia having the same arrangements and enrichment program as Iran under the NPT. “It’s their right.”

[marktwain]

“He’s sitting on 400 warheads, nuclear warheads, acquired in violation of the NPT (non-proliferation treaty),” to which Israel isn’t a party, he tells an audience at New York University.

How can he be in violation if he is not a party to the treaty?

[factoryrat]

Yep, and Tehran gets to guess exactly how many of those warheads will drop on their heads if they decide to do something incredibly stupid.

And I highly doubt that the Israelis could care less what the rest of the world thinks if they did.

Rattle your sabre, build a bomb, talk tough, and you might just be on the receiving end of one or more of those “400” nukes, and nobody will be able to save you.

[SunkenCiv]

/bingo