TEHRAN- Mohammad Eslami, vice president and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), called for a global censure of Israel after an Israeli minister threatened to nuke the Gaza Strip. 

Eslami said international organizations should move to condemn the Israeli nuclear threat against the people of Gaza.

Speaking in a radio interview, Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said Sunday, November 5, that one of Israel’s options in the war against Gaza is to drop a “nuclear bomb” on the enclave. 

Commenting on the statement by the Israeli minister, the AEOI chief said on Wednesday that once again, a Zionist official admitted that the Israeli regime is in possession of nuclear weapons, and more importantly, by threatening the oppressed and innocent people of Gaza, the Israeli minister violated the basic principles of international law and the UN Charter.

Following the dangerous remarks by Eliyahu, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said the Israeli nuclear bluster is “indicative of Israel’s failure”. 

He made the remarks on the X platform, formerly Twitter. 

According to Eslami, though some governments censured Elyahu’s statement, now it is time for international organizations, especially the UN, to break their silence on such an “insolence,” which is a serious threat to international peace and security.

Addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency, especially the UN nuclear watchdog's Director General, Eslami also called for an “independent and diligent approach” of IAEA due to its framework over nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.

He stressed the importance of denouncing such destructive threats and reporting their repercussions to the United Nations Security Council.

In his November 6th post on X, Amir Abdollahian also urged the UN Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency to take “immediate and uninterrupted action to disarm the barbarity of the apartheid regime."