Iran’s president urged to check the U.S. nuclear arsenal

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on May 4 on the need for an independent international organization to verify information on the number of available U.S. nuclear warheads.

The Iranian president did not say that representatives of some countries and organizations in his opinion should enter into a new structure. At the same time Ahmadinejad has said that he welcomed the fact of publication of the Pentagon data on the number of nuclear warheads held by the U.S. and considers it “a positive step forward.” A few hours earlier, a statement of the desire of Iran’s independent scrutiny provided by the U.S. media gave the MFA spokesman said Iran Mehmanparast Ramin (Ramin Mehmanparast).

U.S. revealed data on the number of their nuclear warheads on May 3. In the statement, the Pentagon reported that Washington has 5113 charges. Ibid agency noted that their number decreased compared with 1967 and 1989 by 84 and 75 percent respectively.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also warned the United States from imposing sanctions against Iran. According to AFP, in his words, in this case, the relationship between the two countries will never improve. ” According to the Associated Press Iranian leader also suggested that the U.S. government will suffer from imposing sanctions greater than the loss of Tehran.