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05-03-2010, 02:20 PM
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03 May 2010 16:36:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
UNITED NATIONS, May 3 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday called for states that threaten to use atomic weapons to be punished, a clear reference to a new U.S. nuclear strategy released last month.

Speaking at a meeting of the 189 signatories of the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), he urged "considering any threat to use nuclear weapons or attack against peaceful nuclear facilities as a breach of international peace and security."

The delegations of the United States, Britain and France all walked out of the U.N. General Assembly chamber during the Iranian president's speech. (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Patrick Worsnip)