Zarif criticizes UK hypocrisy about Iran’s nuclear program

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reacted to British prime minister's claim about Iran’s nuclear program, saying that London expressed concern about Tehran’s nuclear program on the same day that the former announced it was developing its nuclear stockpile.

“In utter hypocrisy, @BorisJohnson is “concerned about Iran developing a viable nuclear weapon”. On the very same day he announces his country will increase its stockpile of nukes,” Zarif tweeted on Tuesday.

He added, “Unlike the UK and allies, Iran believes nukes and all WMDs are barbaric & must be eradicated.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the British government announced that it intends to increase its nuclear arsenal.

“The British government has argued that a review of its defense, foreign and security policies shows that we cannot live up to our commitments to reduce our nuclear arsenal.”

Britain currently has about 195 nuclear warheads. London plans to expand its nuclear arsenal as it pledged to reduce its total nuclear weapons stockpile to about 180 warheads in its 2015 Strategic Defense Review, Mehr News Agency wrote.

Source: Iran Daily