Iran’s deputy UN ambassador Gholam Hossein Dehghani on Wednesday told the UN Disarmament Commission that “a comprehensive, binding, irreversible, verifiable” treaty was the most effective and practical way to eliminate nuclear weapons.
Dehghani accused the nuclear powers – the US, Russia, China, Britain and France – of promising nuclear disarmament but making no significant progress.

Dehghani’s speech came days after the announcement of a framework agreement between Iran and the five nuclear powers and Germany aimed at keeping Tehran from being able to develop a nuclear weapon. The historic pact has to be finalised by June 30.