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Iran complains about U.S. rhetoric

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks after a third generation of domestically built centrifuges was unveiled as part of the country's uranium enrichment program and marking the the 4th National Anniversary of Nuclear Technology in Tehran, Iran on April 9, 2010. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks after a third generation of domestically built centrifuges was unveiled as part of the country's uranium enrichment program and marking the the 4th National Anniversary of Nuclear Technology in Tehran, Iran on April 9, 2010. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian. | License Photo

TEHRAN, April 12 (UPI) -- The Iranian government will file formal complaints with the United Nations against the United States for making nuclear threats against Iran, officials said.

U.S. President Barack Obama left the door open for a possible strike against "outliers" Iran and North Korea in his revised Nuclear Posture Review released last week.

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The review spells out U.S. national policy regarding the use of nuclear weapons.

Ramin Mehman Parast, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said 255 members of the 290-member Iranian Parliament backed a move to file a formal complaint with the United Nations over the policy, Iran's state-funded broadcaster Press TV reports.

A nuclear conference in Washington this week tackles non-proliferation issues. Washington is expected to lobby for tougher sanctions on Iran as punishment for a controversial nuclear program during the conference.

Iran insists its nuclear program is for medical and civilian energy use. Iran, however, sits on some of the largest oil and gas deposits in the world.

Parast said the latest statements from the Obama administration would destabilize an already "tense Persian Gulf and Middle East."

Iran hosts its own nuclear summit this week.

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