Iran's parliament to review NPT exit and atomic bomb plan
Withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the possible pursuit of an atomic weapon will be examined by the parliament’s National Security Committee in coordination with other branches of the state, presidium spokesman Abbas Goudarzi said Monday.
“The snapback mechanism lacks legal standing; there is no JCPOA left for a mechanism to operate under.”
“The Islamic Republic has adhered to all its commitments while it is the United States and these European countries that breached theirs and did not respect any of their obligations,” Goudarzi added.
Iranian parliamentarians called Monday for expelling European ambassadors, suspending cooperation, and reviewing withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty following the reimposition of UN sanctions.
“The action of the three European countries against the Islamic Republic was hostile and against the provisions of the UN Security Council resolution,” National Security Committee member, Alaeddin Boroujerdi said.
“No reason exists for the presence of ambassadors from countries that act illegally and hostilely against the Iranian people.”
Boroujerdi proposed downgrading ties and halting cooperation, saying: “The foreign ministry should reduce relations to the level of chargé d’affaires, expel the ambassadors of these three countries from Iran, and suspend all cooperation, contacts, and economic exchanges because sanctions are a two-way road.”
Withdrawal from the NPT and pursuing nuclear weapons is being reviewed with the National Security Committee taking the lead in coordination with other state bodies, the parliament’s presidium spokesman Abbas Goudarzi also said on Monday.
“Nuclear activity will continue better than before and changes in cooperation with the IAEA are under discussion,” added another member of the security committee.
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."
The failure of all the member of the UN Security Council to endorse the draft resolution extending Resolution 2231 exposed the dominance of one power and European compliance, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday.
“Nearly half of its members are unconvinced that the E3-triggered reimposition is justified, legitimate, or legal,” Baghaei wrote on X.
The council’s "divisions" showed six of 15 members withheld support despite US and European pressure, Baghaei said.
"Resolution 2231 will be deemed terminated on 18 October 2025, as explicitly provided in the resolution itself. Any attempt by the E3 or the United States to revive terminated sanctions is null and void. FM Araghchi has conveyed this message directly in letters to his counterparts worldwide."
Iranian demand for migration is expected to rise following the return of UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Japan's NHK reported Sunday citing a travel agency in Tehran.
Requests for migration spiked more than fivefold after the 12-day war, the agency said.
The company now receives up to 1,600 applications a day, sometimes exceeding the capacity of its safe to hold applicants’ passports, NHK reported.
The current wave of migration is unprecedented in the past decade, an employee of the agency said.
The UN’s reimposition of snapback sanctions proved the Islamic Republic cannot be reformed and Ali Khamenei is responsible for decades of decline, Iran's exiled prince Reza Pahlavi said Sunday.
“These sanctions and their consequences are the responsibility of Ali Khamenei and his criminal regime who over 46 years have dragged Iran from prosperity to isolation,” Pahlavi wrote on X.
Sanctions alone would not stop the Islamic Republic’s actions but would weaken its resources, Pahlavi said, calling the move a victory for those pushing for maximum pressure.
“This is a victory for all those who have long called for maximum pressure on this regime as a means of tipping the scales in favor of the Iranian people and their movement for freedom,” Pahlavi said.
Governments must go further by designating the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group, isolating the Islamic Republic diplomatically and economically, and backing Iranians seeking democracy, Pahlavi said.
