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Nuclear Iran could lead to another Hiroshima

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister has warned that Iran must be stopped from becoming a nuclear power in order to "prevent another Hiroshima."

November 17, 2010 14:16
The Hiroshima memorial

ByJennifer Lipman, Jennifer Lipman

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Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister has warned that Iran must be stopped from becoming a nuclear power in order to “prevent another Hiroshima."

Danny Ayalon, who is on a four-day official visit to Japan, made the comments after visiting the memorial for victims of the 1945 Hiroshima bomb.

An estimated 140,000 people were killed by the Hiroshima bomb, the first time that an atomic weapon was used.

Mr Ayalon wrote on his Facebook page: “If we want to prevent another Hiroshima the international community needs immediately to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.”