Kayhan urges parliament to revoke NPT ratification but keep signature
Iran’s parliament should withdraw ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty while leaving the government’s signature intact in response to the UN sanctions snapback, Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of ultra-conservative Kayhan daily wrote Monday.
“With this step the Islamic Republic accepts the spirit of the treaty, meaning no nuclear weapons production, but rejects safeguard obligations and inspections,” wrote the representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the newspaper.
"The snapback will not change Iran’s economy because sanctions never truly went away," Shariatmadari wrote, adding that "hostile actions must not go unanswered."
