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23-09-2005, 13:32
Israel, Iran engage in bout of name-calling at UN
UNITED NATIONS-21 Sep 2005- Israel and Iran engaged in a running exchange of insults at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, sparring over each others' nuclear programs and terrorism.
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom launched the verbal barrage by calling the Islamic Republic an "evil regime" governed by "the tyrants of Tehran" who sought to "terrorize the world with nuclear weapons."
That prompted a riposte from Iranian envoy Ahmad Sadeghi, who called the Jewish state a "Zionist regime" with a "dark history" and a "lack of legitimacy" ruled by "culprits of various crimes against humanity and war crimes."
"Israel's nuclear danger, and its missile capability, coupled with its wicked behavior and satanic intentions present a real threat not only to regional peace and security but also to the whole world," Sadeghi told the 191-nation assembly.
That unleashed a one-sentence reply from Israeli U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman, who expressed appreciation "for a lecture on human rights, on world terror and on nuclear proliferation from one of the world's greatest experts on that field."
Israel and Iran are longtime foes and the Jewish state is extremely concerned that Tehran is using a civilian nuclear program to build nuclear arms. Iran, for its part, accuses Israel of concealing its own nuclear arms program.
UNITED NATIONS-21 Sep 2005- Israel and Iran engaged in a running exchange of insults at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, sparring over each others' nuclear programs and terrorism.
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom launched the verbal barrage by calling the Islamic Republic an "evil regime" governed by "the tyrants of Tehran" who sought to "terrorize the world with nuclear weapons."
That prompted a riposte from Iranian envoy Ahmad Sadeghi, who called the Jewish state a "Zionist regime" with a "dark history" and a "lack of legitimacy" ruled by "culprits of various crimes against humanity and war crimes."
"Israel's nuclear danger, and its missile capability, coupled with its wicked behavior and satanic intentions present a real threat not only to regional peace and security but also to the whole world," Sadeghi told the 191-nation assembly.
That unleashed a one-sentence reply from Israeli U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman, who expressed appreciation "for a lecture on human rights, on world terror and on nuclear proliferation from one of the world's greatest experts on that field."
Israel and Iran are longtime foes and the Jewish state is extremely concerned that Tehran is using a civilian nuclear program to build nuclear arms. Iran, for its part, accuses Israel of concealing its own nuclear arms program.