Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday insisted his country wants a “nuclear-free world,” days after Tehran’s leadership cast doubt on an outline deal to curb its nuclear programme.
Zarif made the comment during a visit to ex-Soviet Kazakhstan as he praised the Central Asian nation for giving up its nuclear weapons after the collapse of the USSR.
“Kazakhstan is an important player in this field, as a country firmly committed to a non-proliferation regime and which voluntarily refused nuclear weapons,” Zarif said in a meeting with the head of Kazahstan’s Senate.
“We all want a nuclear-free world.”