Islam forbids use of nuclear weapons: Ayatollah Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei termed the use of nuclear weapons as forbidden in Islam while President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged formation of a new organization to stop nuclear proliferation. Addressing used an international conference in Tehran, Ahmadinejad proposed the foundation of a new body to supervise nuclear energy worldwide, and suggested that the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) should be reviewed by independent countries not possessing nuclear arms. Ahmadinejad called to expel countries that used or threatened to use nuclear weapons from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), including the US.