Iranian lawmakers push for NPT withdrawal, submit bill to Parliament's Presiding Board
Iranian lawmakers have submitted a bill with triple urgency to Parliament’s Presiding Board seeking the country’s withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Addressing an open parliamentary session on Sunday, Iranian lawmaker Hossein-Ali Haji Deligani said the bill had already been submitted to the Presiding Board.
He added that the plan is ready to be presented before an open session and requires approval from Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf to be put to debate.
“Given the circumstances facing the country and the aggression that the enemy has launched against us on two occasions, remaining in the NPT brings us nothing but losses,” Haji Deligani emphasized.
The lawmaker also pointed to the recent referral of Iran's case by the IAEA's Board of Governors to the UN Security Council, and stressed the need for Tehran to avoid incurring further costs.
“It seems that we may need to withdraw from the NPT so that we can manage our own affairs ourselves,” he insisted.
The remarks came after the US and allied European countries forced through a resolution by the 35-member Board of Governors to refer Iran's case to the UN Security Council over alleged non-compliance with the IAEA's inspection regime.
That comes as Russia and China have opposed any action against Iran concerning IAEA claims, saying the US-Israeli aggression on the country has made it impossible for the IAEA to continue its routine inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Major General Mohsen Rezaei said on Saturday that the country remains committed to its policy of non-weaponization of its nuclear program.
However, he warned that withdrawal from the NPT is possible in response to military and political threats from the United States and the Israeli regime.
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