US blames divisions over Iran after NPT event ends without agreement
The United States sharply criticized countries it said downplayed concerns over Iran’s nuclear program after the 2026 review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended without consensus on a final document.
In a statement issued after the conference concluded, the State Department said it deeply regretted the failure of NPT member states to reach agreement, arguing that divisions over Iran were central to the deadlock.
Washington specifically criticized what it described as “the inability of some NPT States Parties to take Iran’s threat to global nonproliferation seriously.”
The statement pointed to Iran’s continued disputes with the International Atomic Energy Agency and what the United States called “escalating nuclear activities for which there is no credible civilian justification.”
