TEHRAN, March 26 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami Saturday spoke out against the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
The official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted the president as urging total opposition to the manufacture and spread of weapons of mass destruction everywhere.
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Khatami, in opening remarks at the international "ethics for co-existence" conference in Tehran, said opposition to WMD is necessary for the sake of "morality and ethics, to protect life and human rights, and for the sake of respecting life for all humanity everywhere."
His remarks came amid controversy over Iran's nuclear energy program, in which it insists it was enriching uranium for only peaceful purposes.
