Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the issue of possible withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons has been raised in parliament and is currently under review.
He said the issue is complex and not easy to comment on, adding that public opinion in Iran is asking what benefit remains in membership in a treaty whose powerful parties do not allow Iran to use the rights and benefits attached to it.
He said that if membership in the non-proliferation treaty only remains a name on paper while Iran cannot use the rights stated in it and is also subjected to pressure and injustice, then the value of remaining in the treaty becomes a serious question.
The spokesman stressed that Iran remains a member of the treaty and, as long as that membership continues, the country remains committed to the obligations contained in it.
He added that the Islamic Republic of Iran has never sought and does not seek nuclear weapons.
MNA
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