Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said that "no nation should possess nuclear weapons", ahead of high-level talks with the US.
At a UN General Assembly meeting on nuclear disarmament, Dr Rouhani also called on Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty and put its widely suspected nuclear arms under international control.
Dr Rouhani said: "As long as nuclear weapons exist, the risk of their use, threat of use and proliferation persist. The only absolute guarantee is their total elimination."
Iran is accused by Western countries of seeking an atomic bomb.
Israel, which is widely believed to have nuclear weapons but has never acknowledged its programme, has not signed the treaty, unlike Iran.
Dr Rouhani said: "Almost four decades of international efforts to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East have regrettably failed.
"Israel, the only non-party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty in this region, should join thereto without any further delay."
The Iranian leader, who generally does not refer to Israel by name, was speaking in his role as head of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Dr Rouhani, a self-described moderate in the clerical regime who swept to power in June, has urged a quick resolution of a standoff with Western powers over Iran's contested nuclear programme.
Earlier, he told the Washington Post that he was keen to reach an agreement over the country's nuclear progamme within three months.
He told the newspaper: "If it's three months that would be Iran's choice, if it's six months that's still good. It's a question of months, not years."
Dr Rouhani is due to attend talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry later - the first high-level contact between Washington and Tehran in six years.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spearheaded criticism of Dr Rouhani, calling him a "wolf in sheep's clothing" and urging no let-up in pressure on Iran.
Mr Netanyahu has charged that Iran, which says its nuclear work is for peaceful purposes, is seeking a nuclear weapon and has not ruled out an Israeli military strike.
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