Iran's Speech at NAM Summit- 2/3 of UN Nations Show Support

Firstly, thanks to forum member 'mideast' for providing a link to this speech from the recent NAM Summit held in Iran. During this speech, 2/3 of UN nations were present, they represent over half of the world's population. Not one member country left during the speech, thay all remained present to listen to the message of the Iranian leader.

Times are changing folks, the world's power structure is changing, the world is dividing-

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The hegemony of America-

Our guests have gathered here from different geographical locations, far and near, and they belong to different nationalities and races with different ideological, cultural and historical characteristics, but just as Ahmad Sukarno, one of the founders of this movement said in the famous Bandung Conference in the year 1955, the basis of establishing the Non-Aligned Movement is not geographical or racial and religious unity, but rather unity of needs. At that time, the member states of the Non-Aligned Movement were in need of a bond that could safeguard them against authoritarian, arrogant and insatiable networks and today with the progress and spread of the instruments of hegemony, this need still exists.

Unjust and undemocratic UN, a tool of America to impose control-

The UN Security Council has an illogical, unjust and completely undemocratic structure and mechanism. This is a flagrant form of dictatorship, which is antiquated and obsolete and whose expiry date has passed. It is through abusing this improper mechanism that America and its accomplices have managed to disguise their bullying as noble concepts and impose it on the world. They protect the interests of the West in the name of “human rights”. They interfere militarily in other countries in the name of “democracy”. They target defenseless people in villages and cities with their bombs and weapons in the name of “combating terrorism”. From their perspective, humanity is divided into first-, second- and third-class citizens. Human life is considered cheap in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and expensive in America and Western Europe. The security of America and Europe is considered important, while the security of the rest of humanity is considered unimportant.

The people are waking up

Friends, this flawed and harmful situation cannot continue. Everybody has become tired of this faulty international structure. The 99 percent movement of the American people against the centers of wealth and power in America and the widespread protests of the people in Western Europe against the economic policies of their governments show that the people are losing their patience with this situation.

Truth about 'Nuclear' Iran

Honorable audience, international peace and security are among the critical issues of today’s world and the elimination of catastrophic weapons of mass destruction is an urgent necessity and a universal demand. In today’s world, security is a shared need where there is no room for discrimination. Those who stockpile their anti-human weapons in their arsenals do not have the right to declare themselves as standard-bearers of global security. Undoubtedly, this will not bring about security for themselves either.

The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the use of nuclear, chemical and similar weapons as a great and unforgivable sin. We proposed the idea of “Middle East free of nuclear weapons” and we are committed to it. This does not mean forgoing our right to peaceful use of nuclear power and production of nuclear fuel. On the basis of international laws, peaceful use of nuclear energy is a right of every country. All should be able to employ this wholesome source of energy for various vital uses for the benefit of their country and people, without having to depend on others for exercising this right. Some Western countries, themselves possessing nuclear weapons and guilty of this illegal action, want to monopolize the production of nuclear fuel. Surreptitious moves are under way to consolidate a permanent monopoly over production and sale of nuclear fuel in centers carrying an international label but in fact within the control of a few Western countries.

Why should America and Israel have hundreds of nuclear weapons, whilst refusing sovereign nations the use of nuclear energy?

A bitter irony of our era is that the U.S. government, which possesses the largest and deadliest stockpiles of nuclear arms and other weapons of mass destruction and the only country guilty of its use, is today eager to carry the banner of opposition to nuclear proliferation. The U.S. and its Western allies have armed the usurper Zionist regime with nuclear weapons and created a major threat for this sensitive region. Yet the same deceitful group does not tolerate the peaceful use of nuclear energy by independent countries, and even opposes, with all its strength, the production of nuclear fuel for radiopharmaceuticals and other peaceful and humane purposes. Their pretext is fear of production of nuclear weapons. In the case of the Islamic Republic of Iran, they themselves know that they are lying, but lies are sanctioned by the kind of politics that is completely devoid of the slightest trace of spirituality. One who makes nuclear threats in the 21st century and does not feel ashamed, will he feel ashamed of lying?

This Summit was a turning point, 2/3 of UN nations were there in support of Iran. The propaganda our governments and media use against us do not work on the international scene.

One could say, the world is literally waking up.

Why should America and Israel have hundreds of nuclear weapons, whilst refusing sovereign nations the use of nuclear energy?

It is not only the US and Israel that have these weapons. Pretty much EVERY other nation have them. Russia, china, india, pakistan, need I go on? When they dont live their lives to wipe an entire race off the earth, I dont care who it is, then they may be considered worthy of having this technology.

The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program

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What ever happened to the 'Atoms for Peace program' anyway?

America is funny.

I hope Iran and Syria stick it to the banking cartel

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Ever wonder why the UN "Security Council" gets to decide on everything, rather than every state represented having an equal status and vote on matters?

Why, if they all had a vote, it'd be chaos!

So much for democracy!