Nobel Peace Prize for Ahmadinejad?

Helle Dale / April 21, 2010

The popular appeal of nuclear weapon free world rhetoric has not been lost on Tehran. This is an insight the Iranian regime shares with Obama administration, which has made nuclear arms reduction arguably its top foreign policy objective. Not to be outdone by the Nuclear Summit here in Washington, the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held its own public relations extravaganza last weekend, a conference in Tehran under the banner “Nuclear Energy for All, Nuclear Weapons for None.” The goal of the summit was allegedly to promote global disarmament and non-proliferation, and was reportedly attended by 70 nations. Who knows, maybe Ahmadinejad will be the next Nobel Prize winner.

Interestingly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a man whose government stubbornly forges ahead with its enriched uranium program to the great concern and consternation of the United States and Europe, declared that the era of nuclear threats is over.

“They should know that the era of reliance on nuclear weapons has come to an end,” Ahmadinejad said, addressing the conference, and taking a pot shot at his critics. “Threatening to use weapons, particularly nuclear weapons, is special to those who lack clear logic and human mentality,” he added. “Using threats against a strong logic belongs to the past and lacks efficiency in relations.” Given Ahmadinejad’s own long record of threatening to wipe the state of Israel off the map, this is pretty rich. (more…)