Iran weighs exit from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Iran may withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), of which the country has been a participant for many years, Tasnim News Agency reports.

According to Tasnim, “The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is an agreement whose main purpose was supposedly to support countries in producing and using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Despite the fact that regimes like Israel have never been members of this treaty and face no pressure from the world’s military powers, Iran has always been a participant. Moreover, beyond the NPT—which serves as a supervisory and, so to speak, supportive mechanism in the nuclear field—Iran has accepted additional agreements, including the JCPOA, joined the Additional Protocol, and even went further than the protocol to demonstrate transparency and allow oversight.”

However, experts note that NPT membership has not brought Iran any real benefits. According to Tasnim, the treaty “allowed the U.S. and Israel to spy on Iran using IAEA data, which led to sabotage and even bombings of the country’s peaceful nuclear facilities.”

“Recently, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi—effectively a ‘puppet’ of the U.S. and Israel—indirectly gave ‘permission’ for the nuclear bombing of Iran, stating that this could destroy all nuclear facilities in the country. Considering these shameless statements and the IAEA’s ruthless history, as well as the fact that the NPT has brought no benefit to Iran, the country should leave the treaty as soon as possible. Iran has repeatedly stated that it wants to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, so there is no point in remaining in an agreement that serves only as a tool for U.S. and Israeli espionage to undermine Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear use. Several years ago, David Albright, a well-known U.S. nuclear expert, stated before Congress that IAEA inspectors are the ‘infantry of the United States,’” the agency wrote.