It was indeed a PR exercise, and one that didn't go quite as planned. Syrian delegates stormed out after comments by Egypt's Morsi, Ban publicly upbraided the Ayatollah and continued anti-US and anti-Israeli rhetoric set everyone on edge.

The technology agreement between North Korea and Iran is not unexpected, and while the two share a hatred of the interference of the West, they have little else in common. Perhaps NK has provided ballistic missiles to Iran in the past (denied last year by Iran), but how is that any different from the US providing intelligence or technological and military aid to Israel? It seems what is good for the goose is definitely not permitted for the gander.

Mutual destruction may indeed be a deterrent, however the whole point of Israel's bid to attack Iran's nuclear plants and processors is to ensure that this actually never eventuates. Israel wants to be the only country in the region with nuclear arms, without actually admitting to owning them.

I am no more keen than anyone else to see Iran obtain nuclear weapons, but Israel's attitude (whilst understandably self-protective) is highly hypocritical.