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Freed nuclear whistleblower calls for dismantling of Israel`s nuclear arsenal

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Al-Khalil, April 21, IRNA -- Israel on Wednesday released Mordechai 
Vanunu, the nuclear whistleblower who in 1986 exposed the Zionist 
state`s huge arsenal of nuclear weapons, after spending 12 years of 
solitary confinement. 
Speaking to reporters shortly after leaving the prison compound in
Bir Sheva, Vanunu said he was "constantly maltreated" by the agents 
of the Israeli security services--the Mossad and Shin Beth. 
"They tried repeatedly to destroy me, to make me collapse, I 
suffered a lot because I was a Christian. If I had been a Jew, I 
wouldn`t have suffered that much." 
The former Israeli unclear technician had converted to 
Christianity shortly before his abduction by Mossad agents in the 
mid-1980s. 
Vanunu urged the world community to take tangible steps to 
dismantle the Dimona nuclear plant in southern Palestine. 
"My message to the world is that the Dimona nuclear reactor should
be opened for inspection. The Middle East is now nuclear-free. Only 
Israel has a huge nuclear arsenal," said Vanunu. 
He vowed to continue to speak against nuclear weapons, saying 
"all nuclear weapons must be stopped." 
Vanunu said he felt he was a free man after many years of solitary
confinement. 
However, the Zionist regime will impose crippling restrictions on 
him, including town arrest. 
Vanunu will also be prevented from leaving his home without prior 
permission from the police and he will be barred from approaching any 
foreign embassy for fear of requesting political asylum. 
As Vanunu left his prison, hundreds of Israeli Jews shouted 
"Death to Vanunu" and "Vanunu should be assassinated like Rantisi." 
Vanunu said he would like to leave Israel and settle in some 
western country. 
Vanunu is widely viewed as a "traitor" in Israel because he 
exposed Israel`s nuclear arsenal, and especially because he changed 
his religion and embraced Christianity. 
KA/260/LS/210 
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