Overview
- - Delegates convened Monday in New York for the monthlong review of the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty as Iran, nominated by the Non‑Aligned Movement, was elected one of 34 conference vice presidents.
- - U.S. arms control official Christopher Yeaw called Iran’s selection an affront to the treaty, while Iranian envoy Reza Najafi rejected the charge and pointed to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites as violations of non‑proliferation norms.
- - UN Secretary‑General António Guterres warned that nuclear risks are rising, urged states to adapt the treaty to new dangers from artificial intelligence and quantum computing, and pressed governments to keep human control over any nuclear use decisions.
- - Conference president Do Hung Viet cautioned that repeated failures to agree on a final document could hollow out the treaty’s credibility, and the meeting is scheduled to run from April 27 to May 22.
- - The NPT bars most states from acquiring nuclear weapons in exchange for peaceful nuclear technology under IAEA checks, and Iran’s case remains disputed as the agency has not found a current structured weapons program but reports high enrichment and unresolved safeguards issues.