Overview
- Lawmakers, who promoted the plan in posts Friday, say a fast-tracked bill to leave the NPT has been filed for review in parliament’s online portal.
- The draft would declare withdrawal from the treaty, repeal a law that set Iran’s responses under the 2015 nuclear deal, and seek new cooperation with blocs like the SCO and BRICS for peaceful nuclear technology.
- Parliament has not met since US–Israeli strikes began on February 28, leaving debate timing unclear, and any approval would still require sign-off by the 12-member Guardian Council.
- Experts warn an exit would end key IAEA safeguards and routine access, which the NPT uses to bind non‑nuclear states to forgo weapons and accept inspections that verify peaceful use.
- The push comes as US and Israeli strikes hit a yellowcake site in Yazd, the Khondab heavy‑water complex near Arak, and areas near the Bushehr plant—where the IAEA flagged radiological risk—and as steel factories in Isfahan and Ahvaz halt output that supports thousands of jobs.