By IRNA,
London : Foreign Secretary David Miliband has denied that the
British government is using double standards by imposing sanctions
against Iran for its civilian nuclear program but not against Israel,
which already has nuclear weapons.
“I do not think that that is a contradiction,” said Miliband when
challenged during Foreign Affairs Questions in the House of Commons on
Tuesday.
He suggested the main reason that sanctions were not being imposed
against Israel was because it refused to accept international
conventions, whereas Iran could be apparently punished because it did.
“Iran is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. I would have
liked to see Israel itself sign the NPT a long time ago, but it did not
do so,” Miliband told MPs.
He went further in claiming that Iran’s civilian nuclear program was
more dangerous than the existing illegal arsenal of nuclear weapons
stockpiled by Israel.
“It is very clear in the Arab world that although the Israeli
program may be viewed with disdain, it has not bee… >>>
