Iranian lawmakers are preparing a bill to leave the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which prevents Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the foreign ministry has said.
Israel, India, Pakistan and South Sudan, are the only countries who are not signed up to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
While Tehran remains officially opposed to developing nuclear weapons, Iranian officials have suggested the country’s rights under the treaty have not been respected.
“In light of recent developments, we will take an appropriate decision,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.
Israel and Iran have entered the fourth day of a fatal conflict, sparked by Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites and other targets across the country amid its claims that Tehran is in the process of developing a nuclear weapon.
More than 200 people have been killed in Iran and more than 20 in Israel in an exchange of strikes since Friday, their respective authorities have reported. The Israeli military says it has “full aerial operational control” over the Iranian capital of Tehran.
Ratified by Iran in 1970, the treaty guarantees the right to pursue peaceful nuclear power in return for a commitment not to develop atomic weapons and to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA.
Israel, along with India, Pakistan and South Sudan, are the only countries who are not signed up to the treaty.
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