The Korea Times
The United States and Iran clashed at the United Nations on Monday over Tehran's nuclear program and its selection to be one of dozens of vice presidents at a month-long conference to review the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The 11th conference to review implementation of the NPT, which came into force in 1970, began on Monday at the United Nations in New York. Different groups nominated 34 conference vice presidents, and the conference chair, Vietnam's U.N. ambassador Do Hung Viet, said Iran was picked by "the group of non-aligned and other states." Christopher Yeaw, assistant secretary for the U.S. Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, told the conference that Iran's selection was an "affront" to the NPT. He said it was "indisputable that Iran has long demonstrated its contempt for the non-proliferation commitments of the NPT," and had refused to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog to resolve questions about its program. He called Iran's selection "beyond shameful and an embarrassment to the credibility of this conference." Reza Najafi, who serves as Tehran's ambassador
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