prevailing violent forms of [ inaudible ] are the outcome of such a discourse, unfounded faith phobic, islamphobic, shiite phobic and iran phobic represents threats to world peace and security. this discourse has assumed dangerous proporeions through portrayal and presumed imaginary threat. one such imaginary threat is the so-called iranian threat, which has been employed as an excuse to justify a long catalog of crimes and catastrophic practices over the past three decades. the arming of the saddam hussein regime with chemical weapons and supporting the taliban and al qaeda are two examples. let me say this in all sincerity, that based on irrefutable evidence those who harp on the so-called iran pose such a threat. iran poses absolutely no threat to the world or the region, in fact in ideals as well as in actual practice, my country has been a harbinger of just peace and comprehensive security. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, nowhere in the world has violence been so deadly and destructive as in north africa and west asia. military intervention inning afghanistan, saddam hussein's imposed wa