US, Israeli strikes on Iran ‘totally irresponsible,’ anti-nuclear proliferation group says

By AFP 28 February 2026, 2:08 pm

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The US and Israeli strikes on Iran are “totally irresponsible,” and risk provoking further escalation, the head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons says.

“These attacks are totally irresponsible and risk provoking further escalation as well as increasing the danger of nuclear proliferation and the use of nuclear weapons,” ICAN’s executive director Melissa Parke says in a statement.

“Military action is not a viable or long-term solution to prevent nuclear proliferation. All military action must stop immediately.”

Geneva-based ICAN won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its key role in drafting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which took effect in 2021.