UN Diplomat Resigns Over Alleged Nuclear Plans for Iran

A United Nations-linked diplomat resigned his position last week, alleging that the organization is preparing for the possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran amid escalating regional conflicts. Mohamad Safa, who served as the permanent representative of the Patriotic Vision Organization to the UN for nearly 12 years, announced his departure through a social media post and a detailed resignation letter, claiming he could no longer associate with what he described as institutional failures and potential crimes against humanity.

Safa, who also acted as executive director of the Patriotic Vision Organization since 2013, holds special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council, allowing participation in discussions but not decision-making authority. In his statements, he accused senior UN officials of prioritizing a "powerful lobby" over the body's mandate to promote peace, particularly in refusing to label events in Gaza as genocide, actions in Lebanon as war crimes and ethnic cleansing, or the conflict with Iran as illegal under international law. He asserted that Iran poses no imminent threat to global peace and that the UN has shielded certain nations from...