MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Iran hopes to see a stable Korean Peninsula without any weapons of mass destruction, specifically nuclear weapons, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday.
"Iran wishes for peace and stability in the Korean peninsula and we are in principle against producing any kind of Weapons of Mass Destruction. We wish for a world without WMDs and nuclear weapons, especially in the Korean peninsula and the Middle East," Rouhani said, as cited on his official website.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated this year after North Korea successfully tested a hydrogen bomb in early January and put a satellite into orbit a month later, violating UN Security Council resolutions and triggering condemnation from the international community.
