Culprit in Japan nuke attacks claims to oppose WMDs: Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the country, which is behind nuclear bombings of two cities in Japan, killing thousands of people, now claims to be advocating the eradication of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

“Maybe happen is never once..” Abbas Mousavi said in a Sunday tweet, quoting a line from American writer and poet, William Faulkner.

"شايد واقعه هرگز يكبار نيست." #ویلیام_فاکنر

اما واقعه یکبار باشد یا بیش؛ #بمباران_اتمی بیش از یکبار بود. بمباران #هيروشيما و #ناکازاکی هنوز در خاطرات مردم #ژاپن و جهان موج می زند. طُرفه آنکه عامل هر دو، دولتی است که بجای پاسخگویی، مدعی یکه تازِ مقابله با سلاح های کشتار جمعی ست! pic.twitter.com/HZTuuSe0aa

— S.A MOUSAVI (@SAMOUSAVI9) August 9, 2020

“However, atomic bombardment took place more than once,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said, adding, “The [nuclear] bombardments of [the Japanese cities of] Hiroshima and Nagasaki still lingers in memories of the people of Japan and the world.”

“The interesting point is that the culprit in both cases is a government, which instead of being accountable, claims to be a pioneer in eliminating weapons of mass destruction,” Mousavi noted.

The Iranian spokesperson posted the tweet on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of American B-29 bomber Bockscar's dropping of a 4.5-ton plutonium bomb dubbed “Fat Man” on the Japanese port city of Nagasaki, killing more than 70,000 of its residents. Many people died immediately while others succumbed to their injuries or radiation-related illnesses weeks, months, and years later.

The atomic bombing of Nagasaki took place three days after the US dropped another atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, which  killed 140,000 people.

Japan on Sunday marked the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki, calling for a ban on nuclear weapons.

At the ceremony, which was also attended by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the mayor of Nagasaki, Tomihisa Taue, urged world leaders to ban nuclear weapons.

Japan urges nuclear weapons ban on anniversary of US atomic bombing

Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the southern port city of Nagasaki, calling for a ban on nuclear weapons.

Taue said the threat of the further use of nuclear arms was greater today than ever before, adding, “[W]e only become aware of the threat of nuclear weapons when they are used again, we are in an irrevocable position.”

In a post on his Twitter account on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said more than seven decades after the US’ nuclear massacre in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, Washington’s infamous legacy lives on with the country and its staunch ally Israel now menacing the West Asia region with their nuclear arsenals.

Iran's Zarif: US, Israel nukes threaten our region

Iran’s foreign minister says the US and its staunch ally Israel menace the West Asia region with their nuclear arsenals.

“Today, US & Israeli nukes threaten our region,” Zarif tweeted.

Recalling the catastrophe, the top Iranian diplomat said, “75 years ago today, the US gained the infamy of becoming the 1st and ONLY user of nuclear weapons. And against innocents.”

No US official was ever prosecuted over the bombings.

Japan, now a United States ally, falls under the protection of America’s nuclear umbrella and has so far refused to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted in July 2017.

Read more:

• US dropped 7,000 tons of bombs on Japan at end of WW ll: Study
• US legacy of targeting civilians alive since Hiroshima: Zarif
• US using false-flag attacks to justify wars: Pundit

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