Iranian MP questions staying in NPT after snapback sanctions

Nuclear talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency should be halted and all cooperation stopped under parliament’s mandate, lawmaker Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.

“Negotiation with the International Atomic Energy Agency must be cut and any cooperation with it stopped in compliance with the parliament’s resolution,” Mottaki said.

Suspending discussions with the three European states should also be considered, he added.

“Suspension of nuclear negotiations with the three European countries must be on the agenda unless they formally recognize the Islamic Republic’s right to enrich uranium on Iranian soil and regard negotiations on defensive capabilities, including missile issues.”

Snapback sanctions will create difficulties for Iran, but the government has prepared responses, Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh said on Saturday.

“Conditions after the activation of the snapback mechanism will be difficult, but we have appropriate responses.”

The reimposed UN resolutions will have consequences, she added.

“I cannot say the snapback mechanism will have no effect and certainly these six resolutions will have effects, but the Islamic Republic has been bearing maximum sanctions for years.”

Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, wrote that the situation is “deeply troubling” and “profoundly affected by the devastating military escalation and its aftermath” in the first half of 2025.

“While the military escalation between States ceased on 24 June, its end has not brought relief to the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who continue to face systematic repression,” according to the report.

The attacks, which targeted nuclear facilities, residential areas and Evin prison, killed more than 1,100 people and injured over 5,600, with between 40 and 60 per cent of deaths estimated to be civilian, the report said.

The strikes also killed 14 Iranian nuclear scientists and destroyed medical centers, worsening shortages and leaving vulnerable populations without care, according to the report.

The response of Iranian authorities was also criticized. Tehran’s actions included “scapegoating of ethnic and religious minorities, the mass deportations of vulnerable Afghan nationals and the introduction of draconian legislation that further criminalizes legitimate civil rights activities,” the report added.

On women’s rights, the report pointed to systemic impunity in cases of gender-based killings, noting that at least 108 femicides were documented.

“The legal framework of the Islamic Republic of Iran violates the right to life by providing protections for perpetrators of gender-based killings through discriminatory provisions.”

Executions also continued at what the report called an “alarming pace,” with more than 700 people put to death between January and July, including 98 Baloch, 42 Kurds and 45 Afghans.

Sato urged Iran to “establish a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its complete abolition” and to end corporal punishments including amputation and flogging. She also recommended international support for exiled activists and Afghan refugees.

Media and online outlets will face action if their reporting on the reimposition of UN sanctions disrupts public morale, Iran's prosecutor general’s office said in a statement carried by Mizan News Agency on Saturday.

"Some websites and channels produced sensitive content about rising prices shortly after the Security Council vote," Mizan added.

"Such reporting could disturb the psychological security of society and would be met with legal measures," the prosecutor’s office said.

The judiciary has repeatedly pursued cases against journalists, outlets, and citizens for comments on sensitive political and economic issues in recent years.

The International Atomic Energy Agency was aligned with Israel’s military action by failing to condemn attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, Mohammad Eslami, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization told Sputnik.

Not condemning Israel’s attacks on our nuclear facilities means coordinating with the military assault, said Eslami. The Agency, the Security Council and the Board of Governors are part of the military attack. he added.

His remarks were published by Iranian media citing Sputnik’s coverage of his comments in Moscow.