Iran has warned of the catastrophic consequences of the United States’ continued expansion and modernization of its nuclear arsenal, saying Washington’s nuclear policies threaten all humanity decades after it became the only country to use atomic weapons in warfare.
Iran’s permanent mission in Vienna issued a statement to mark the anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, describing the attacks as a lasting reminder of the devastating human consequences of nuclear weapons.
“Preventing future tragedies such as the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki requires genuine commitment to nuclear disarmament and the establishment of a world free from weapons of mass destruction,” the mission said.
It emphasized that the mass deaths, widespread destruction and deadly radiation caused by the US bombings, whose effects were felt even by generations born afterward, underscore the urgent need to eliminate all nuclear weapons.
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during the final days of World War II. The aerial bombings killed 150,000 to 246,000 people. (Copied from wiki)
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Atul Gawande. Estimates are already between 600,000 and 750,000 so far and counting.
This administration’s policies are already killing people around the world and has already outnumbered that of actual nuclear attacks.