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Iran Condemns Trump’s Call to Resume US Nuclear Testing
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the U.S. move a serious threat to global peace and accused Washington of undermining decades of non-proliferation efforts.
- On Thursday , President Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing on an equal basis with Russia and China, announcing this on Truth Social shortly before meeting Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in South Korea.
- Amid recent tests by Russia and displays by China, experts say Washington's decision reflects strategic competition as President Donald Trump warned their arsenals will match the US in five years.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the move `regressive and irresponsible`, accusing the United States of hypocrisy as a `nuclear-armed bully` with a rebranded `Department of War` and warning it threatens global peace and security.
- Because nuclear testing is banned by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty of 1996, experts flag legal and diplomatic implications as major powers have not all ratified it and Russia withdrew in 2023.
- Experts noted it is unclear whether testing refers to missile launches or nuclear detonations, with North Korea conducting the only nuclear tests since 2017 and Tehran confirming Iran's nuclear programme is civilian and untested.
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The President of the United States announced on Thursday, prior to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, that his country would resume nuclear testing. Iran took the opportunity to criticize this decision, in a message full of irony while the regime is suspected of developing nuclear weapons.
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