Iran Foreign Minister: 'Iran Has Signed A Historic Nuclear Deal – Now It's Israel's Turn'

Iran's Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

Politico: Iran’s foreign minister: Israel should disarm, too

Now that Iran has agreed to curb its nuclear program, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says it’s time for Israel to follow suit and abandon its long-rumored nuclear arsenal.

“Iran’s push for a ban on weapons of mass destruction in its regional neighbourhood has been consistent,” Zarif wrote in an editorial for the Guardian. “And while Iran has received the support of some of its Arab friends in this endeavour, Israel — home to the Middle East’s only nuclear weapons programme — has been the holdout.”

The nuclear deal signed in Vienna by Iran and the P 5 + 1 countries earlier this month, which dismantles much of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and allows for an inspections regime to monitor the Islamic republic’s compliance, should be “symbolically significant enough to kickstart [a] paradigm shift,” Zarif said.

Update: Iran's foreign minister calls for world's nuclear weapons states to disarm -- The Guardian

WNU Editor: The Iranian foreign minister published these remarks in the Guardian. The complete text is here .... Iran has signed a historic nuclear deal – now it’s Israel’s turn (Javad Zarif, The Guardian)