From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Fri Jul 11 2008 - 15:07:51 EDT
Ban Ki-moon tool of Security Council
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:49:47
Former UN assistant Secretary-General and former UN chief weapons
inspector say that the UN chief is an instrument of the Security
Council.
Former assistant secretary-general Denis Halliday and former UN chief
weapons inspector Scott Ritter in an exclusive interview with Press TV
on Friday morning Tehran time said that the UN Secretary-general Ban
Ki-moon has become an instrument of the Security Council in Iran's
nuclear case.
Halliday said that Ban Ki-moon has been corrupted by the Security
Council and is undermining his credibility. He said that instead of
asking Iran to halt enrichment, he should have addressed the dangers
Iran is facing in the region.
"Iran is currently surrounded by the US in Afghanistan and Iraq. Iran is
threatened by nuclear weapons by Bush and Ms. Rice. Iranians are
threatened by Israel that is said to have 300-400 nuclear warheads."
He stated that Iran has every justification to be worried.
The former UN assistant secretary-general emphasized that he personally
believes and accepts the Iranian position on its right to obtain nuclear
energy.
"I personally accept the Iranian position that this is peaceful pursuit
of fuel for electric power."
MMA/HAR
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