Iran's parliament to consider draft withdrawal from NPT urgently

The Iranian parliament has prepared a bill to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This was stated by Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Nikzad.

Now the initiative is being studied, including from the point of view of international consequences. The chairman added that the document will be submitted to the plenary session with a note of extreme importance - deputies will have to consider it on the same day.

Last September, Iran suspended cooperation with the IAEA, Nikzad said. He called the Director General of the international organization Rafael Grossi dishonest person. “He’s one of those people who comes in and inspects and praises and then leaves and gives a negative report against us,” Nikzad said.

The parliament speaker said last year's decision benefited Iran. “Do we really have any hope that the Director General of the IAEA or those who are sitting there will assist us in the field of nuclear energy? Of course not, he said.