In an interview with Iranian journalists in New York, The diplomat stated: "The issue of the Middle East as a region free of nuclear weapons is one of the important discussions that all countries in the region want because the Zionist regime, as the only holder of hundreds of nuclear warheads, is not ready to join the NPT and place its nuclear facilities ...

Iran has called on the UN nuclear agency to fulfill its responsibility towards Israeli advanced atomic military program which poses threat against global security and the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).