This world is such a twisted place… with stockpiles of nuclear weapons in his pockets, Netanyahu was able to cry about Iran’s possible aspirations to become a nuclear state…
Rouhani: people are too clever to listen to ‘war-mongering’ Netanyahu | World news | The Guardian
Rouhani said: “People of the world and America are too smart to take advice from such a war-mongering regime … which has pursued, produced and stockpiled a large number of atomic bombs in violation of international laws and away from the eyes of international inspectors.” Rouhani was referring to the fact that Israel, unlike Iran, has not signed the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Ali Larijani, also condemned Netanyahu’s speech as a “foul spectacle” intended to spread fear, and “a disgrace” for Israel.
He dismissed the Israeli leader’s claims as repetitive and ridiculous and said they exposed the declining influence of his country in the Middle East. “The person who is expressing such worries about Iran in fact has his hands on more than 200 nuclear warheads,” Larijani told Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. “Doesn’t it show the disgrace of the world’s bullying power?”…