Iran to file formal complaint over US pledge

IRAN will file a formal complaint with the UN against the United States, after President Barack Obama excluded Iran from a pledge not to use nuclear weapons against countries that do not have them, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

Foreign Ministry spokes-man Ramin Mehmanparast said Obama’s implicit threat to use nuclear weapons against Iran was a “threat to global peace and security,” according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency.

Earlier yesterday, 222 lawmakers in Iran’s 290-seat parliament called on the Iranian government to file the complaint. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, also said Obama’s threatening language is proof that the US cannot be trusted.