Iran to attend Helsinki conference on nuclear-weapons-free zone in Mideast

Source : Tehran Times

TEHRAN – Iran will participate in an international conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction, which is scheduled to be held in Helsinki, Finland, in December.

The announcement was made by the Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic nergy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, during an interview with the Persian rvice of the Mehr News Agency published on Wednesday.

oltanieh said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, with the objective of making the orld free of nuclear weapons, has had and will have an active presence in e international arena.”