Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi warned Wednesday, on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, that the "temptation" for countries to pursue nuclear arms was growing.

Addressing a conference celebrating fellow Nobel laureate Nihon Hidankyo's campaigning against nuclear weapons, Mohammadi lamented "a world where authoritarian governments pursue nuclear weapons to ensure their survival."

"Where invasions of one country by another are becoming normal, and as international institutions like the United Nations steadily lose their influence, the temptation for countries to pursue nuclear arms grows stronger," she said via video link from Iran.

"The movement for nuclear disarmament has regressed in the face of the renewed ambition and drive for nations competing for n

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