Abbas Goudarzi, spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s Presidential Committee, said leaving the NPT and reviewing Iran’s nuclear doctrine were possible options. According to Iranian news agency Fars, he said such steps could show the United States and its allies their proper place.
Mohammad Reza Mohseni Sani, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, also said Tehran no longer considers the NPT a restriction, whether it remains in the treaty or withdraws from it.
However, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has not formally announced its withdrawal from the NPT to Washington or Moscow.
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said political actions by the IAEA would push countries towards leaving the NPT.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations rejected the resolution, saying the current situation was the result of what it called criminal aggression by the United States and Israel. It added that Washington’s expectation of forcing Iran to submit would never be fulfilled.
Twenty-three of the 32 members of the IAEA Board supported the European and US-backed resolution, while Russia, China and Niger opposed it.
The European Union said Iran must urgently provide verifiable information about the amount and location of its nuclear material and allow the IAEA to inspect all nuclear facilities.
Despite international concerns over Iran’s non-compliance, immediate action against Tehran at the Security Council is considered difficult because Russia and China hold veto power.
