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‘Utter hypocrisy’: Iran’s foreign minister attacks Boris Johnson over nuclear weapons plan


It was an opportunity to pounce, and Iran’s outspoken foreign minister seized it. The United Kingdom has announced it is set  to remove Cold War-era limits on its stockpiles of nuclear weapons, even as it was demanding that the Islamic Republic constrain its own atomic programme.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused  Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “utter hypocrisy” for plans to  increase Britain’s arsenal of weapons of mass destruction bombs while chastising Tehran for its decades-long attempt to master nuclear technology.

Mr Johnson told British MPs on Tuesday that it is planning to reverse a planned reduction on its nuclear weapon stockpile. Under the new proposal, Britain will increase its number of warheads to 260. It had previously agreed to reduce that number to 180.

In a note posted to his Twitter feed that tagged Mr Johnson , Mr Zarif mocked the British leader  for saying he was “concerned about Iran developing a viable nuclear weapon” on the very same day he announced his country will increase its stockpile of nukes”.

He added: “Unlike the UK and allies, Iran believes nukes and all WMDs are barbaric and must be eradicated.”



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