“The US does whatever it wants because it has a veto power and the country’s recent nuclear test was a snub of the UN and the IAEA,” Ismail Kowsari said on Sunday.
“The US conducted this dangerous test as the IAEA is pursuing the issue of eradicating unconventional weapons in the world particularly in the Middle East following Iran’s proposal,” the Iranian lawmaker added.
The US nuclear test, known as Pollux, was conducted jointly by the Nevada National Security Site, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories on Wednesday.
The US National Nuclear Security Administration said the 27th subcritical experiment was conducted to ensure that Washington “can support a safe, secure and effective stockpile” of nuclear weapons.
The Iranian lawmaker said by conducting the test, Washington wanted to show that it is above the UN and law.
Kowsari added that Iran had called for a change to the UN structure so that a country such as the US could not consider itself above others, urging the United Nations to react to these actions.
According to UN figures, the US, which is the only country that has ever used atomic bombs against other countries, has conducted 1,032 nuclear tests since 1945.
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