Iran committed to Non-Proliferation Treaty, Foreign Minister says

Iran remains committed to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its safeguards agreement, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said connected Thursday (July 3, 2025), a time aft Tehran enacted a instrumentality suspending practice with the U.N. atomic watchdog.

"Our practice with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) volition beryllium channeled done Iran's Supreme National Security Council for evident information and information reasons," Mr. Araghchi wrote successful a station connected X.

President Masoud Pezeshkian connected Wednesday (July 2, 2025) enacted the authorities passed by Parliament past week to suspend practice with the IAEA, a determination the U.S. called "unacceptable."

Mr. Araghchi’s remark connected X was successful effect to a telephone from Germany’s Foreign Ministry urging Tehran to reverse its determination to shelve practice with the IAEA.

Mr. Araghchi accused Germany of "explicit enactment for Israel's unlawful onslaught connected Iran, including safeguarded atomic sites".

Iran has accused the IAEA of siding with Western countries and providing a justification for Israel's June 13-24 airstrikes connected Iranian atomic installations, which began a time aft the U.N. agency's committee of governors voted to state Tehran successful usurpation of its obligations nether the NPT.

Western powers person agelong suspected that Iran has sought to make the means to physique atomic bombs done its declared civilian atomic vigor programme. Iran has repeatedly said it is enriching uranium lone for peaceful atomic ends.

IAEA inspectors are mandated to guarantee compliance with the NPT by seeking to verify that atomic programmes successful pact countries are not diverted for subject purposes.

The instrumentality that went into effect connected Wednesday mandates that immoderate aboriginal inspection of Iranian atomic sites by the IAEA needs support by Tehran's Supreme National Security Council.

"We are alert of these reports. The IAEA is awaiting further authoritative accusation from Iran," the Vienna-based planetary atomic watchdog said successful a statement. U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told a regular briefing connected Wednesday that Iran needed to cooperate afloat with the IAEA without further delay.