Iranian parliament speaker visits Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Saturday 27th February, 02:57 PM JST

NAGASAKI —
Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani arrived in Nagasaki Saturday on his first trip to the atom-bombed city and visited the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum. Larijani, speaking through an interpreter, told reporters, ‘‘Even a single nuclear bomb can pose a threat to humanity if it exists in this world. People in the world should stand up for a nuclear-free world.’‘

The Iranian parliamentary leader asked the museum’s director Yoshimitsu Taira how long the impact of the bombing damage lasted and other questions.

After the visit to the museum, he offered flowers at a monument set up at ground zero in a park near the museum together with Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue.

Larijani, Iran’s nuclear negotiator from 2005 through 2007, has been in Japan at the invitation of the House of Representatives since Tuesday. He held talks with Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on a range of issues that included Iran’s nuclear development.

On Feb 18, the U.N. nuclear watchdog expressed concern that Iran may be conducting a clandestine program that could lead to the development of nuclear warheads. Western powers are leaning toward posing further sanctions against Tehran. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

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