Iranian lawmakers submit bill to withdraw from NPT — Premium Times Nigeria
In Iran, a group of lawmakers has submitted to parliament a bill on the country’s withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). This was reported by Premium Times Nigeria.
Lawmakers’ initiative
According to the outlet, Iran’s state-run Tasnim agency reported that the document had been submitted to the parliament’s presidium. The initiators are also seeking to expedite the procedure for considering the bill. Some lawmakers believe that Tehran’s continued participation in the NPT brings the country only losses.
Lawmaker Haji Deligani linked the need to withdraw from the treaty to the circumstances in which the country finds itself and aggression by the enemy. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said that Tehran’s decision to remain a party to the treaty would largely depend on the actions of the United States.
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The treaty and the nuclear program
The NPT is aimed at preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and promoting the development of the peaceful use of atomic energy. The document recognizes the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and China as nuclear states. According to Premium Times Nigeria, Iran joined the treaty in 1974.
In 2015, Tehran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on its nuclear program. Before the United States withdrew from the agreement in 2018, Iran, according to the outlet, reduced its stockpile of enriched uranium by 98%, to 300 kilograms, limited the enrichment level to 3.67%, and agreed to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran insists that it enriches uranium exclusively for civilian purposes.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also warned the United States that, in the event of a new attack on Iran, the country could use new types of weapons and strike targets it had not previously attacked.
