Iran Accuses Atomic-armed States of Hypocrisy
Iran president berates nuclear-armed states
February 4, 2015AFP - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani berated the world's nuclear powers Wednesday, saying atomic weapons had not kept them safe and reiterating that his country was not seeking the bomb.
Rouhani, in an unusually fiery speech, avoided explicit mention of ongoing nuclear talks between the West and Iran but accused atomic-armed states of hypocrisy.
"They tell us 'we don't want Iran to make atomic bombs', you who have made atomic bombs," Rouhani said in Isfahan, a city 400 kilometres (250 miles) south of the capital Tehran.
He then took aim at Israel, which has never acknowledged that it has nuclear weapons, dubbing the Jewish state a "criminal".
In another barb, Rouhani criticised the United States' healthcare provision."Have you managed to bring about security for yourselves with atomic bombs? Have you managed to create security for the usurper Israel?" Rouhani said."We don't need an atomic bomb. We have a great, self-sacrificing and unified nation," he said, referring to Monday's launch of an observation satellite into space by Iran.
"Despite pressures and sanctions, this nation sent a new satellite into space," added Rouhani, who personally ordered the launch -- Iran's first since 2012.
"You didn't manage to cover all your people for insurance... but my government, which serves the people, has covered everyone for insurance," he said.
"You, in America didn't manage to resolve the health problem."
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