(AKI) - Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Friday that the United Nations should be reformed and the Security Council shoould include a Muslim state among its permanent members, the country's official news agency IRNA reported.
| Right. Reforming the UN - good idea. Putting a Muslim state on the Security Council - bad idea. |
| Leaving the UN - better idea. |
"The current structure of the UN (Security Council) in which certain states have veto power is unfair, it should be reformed," Mottaki was quoted as saying in a lecture ahead of Friday prayers in Tehran. On 23 December, the Council unanimously voted to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, which the world body fears is aimed at building nuclear weapons.
| You don't think that might have something to do with their calls for reform, do you? |
Iran has repeatedly ignored UN calls to halt sensitive nuclear work, claiming its programme is solely for civilian use. |