WORLD BRIEFLY
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Iran points at U.S.
and warns of new
nuclear arms race
UNITED NATIONS (AP)
— Iran’s deputy foreign minister
pointed at the United States
in warning on Tuesday that a
new nuclear arms race and new
competition to modernize nuclear
weapons are starting.
Abbas Araghchi made the
comments during a high-level
meeting of the U.N. General
Assembly to promote International
Day for the Total Elimination of
Nuclear Weapons, calling that
goal “a legal, political and moral
responsibility.”
But, he said, despite the
cessation of the nuclear arms race
for the last decades, “recently we
hear (an) alarming announcement
by a nuclear-weapon state that it
intends to continuously strengthen
and expand its nuclear arsenal to
ensure its place ‘at the top of the
pack.’”
This was a clear reference to
U.S. President Donald Trump’s
comment in February that “a dream
would be that no country would
have nukes, but if countries are
going to have nukes, we’re going
to be at the top of the pack.”
Araghchi called that statement
“a clear indication of, and an
explicit invitation to, the start of a
new nuclear arms race.”
Saudi Arabia to allow
women to drive for
1st time next year
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) —
Women will be allowed to drive for
East Oregonian
the first time next summer in Saudi
Arabia, the ultra-conservative
kingdom announced Tuesday,
marking a significant expansion
of women’s rights in the only the
country that barred them from
getting behind the wheel.
While women in other Muslim
countries drove freely, the
kingdom’s blanket ban attracted
negative publicity for years.
Neither Islamic law nor Saudi
traffic law explicitly prohibited
women from driving, but they
were not issued licenses and were
detained if they attempted to drive.
Prince Khaled bin Salman,
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to
Washington and the king’s son,
said letting women drive is a “huge
step forward” and that “society is
ready.”
“This is the right time to do the
right thing,” he told reporters in
the U.S. Women will be allowed
to obtain licenses without the
permission of a male relative.
The announcement came in
the form of a royal decree that
was reported late Tuesday by the
state-run Saudi Press Agency and
state TV.
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