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From the Liveblog of Monday, April 13, 2015

Iran’s Zarif claims country seeking nuke-free world

13 April 2015, 7:40 pm

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says his country wants a “nuclear-free world,” days after Tehran’s leadership cast doubt on an outline deal to curb its nuclear program.

Zarif’s comment comes during a visit to ex-Soviet Kazakhstan, praising the Central Asian nation for giving up its nuclear weapons after the collapse of the USSR.

Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov, right, shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif during their meeting in Astana on April 13, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/ILYAS OMAROV) — Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov (right), shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif during their meeting in Astana on April 13, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Ilyas Omarov)

“Kazakhstan is an important player in this field, as a country firmly committed to a non-proliferation regime and which voluntarily refused nuclear weapons,” Zarif says in a meeting with the head of Kazakhstan’s Senate.

“We all want a nuclear-free world.”

— AFP

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