Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells the UN disarmament conference in Geneva that the Israeli regime’s weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), including its nuclear weapons, continue to pose a “serious threat” to regional and global peace and security.

According to The Iran Project, Araghchi issued the warning during his speech at the 2025 Conference on Disarmament High-level Segment at the UN headquarters in Geneva on Monday.

He emphasized that Israel's possession of WMDs “prevents a nuclear-weapon-free Middle East, which was first proposed by Iran in 1974,” adding that “the international community must hold the regime accountable and compel it to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to eliminate its nuclear weapons completely and place all of its nuclear activities under the comprehensive supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).”

Expressing concern about the threat of nuclear weapons and their catastrophic human and environmental repercussions, Araghchi called on the international community and the United Nations to prioritize the issue of nuclear disarmament. 

He also deemed it necessary to establish a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, saying the international community must hold nuclear-armed states and actors accountable for their legal obligations.