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A senior Iranian official explained that the Islamic Republic could leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty if the Europeans move to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi told reporters that if “snapback” sanctions were reimposed, Iran would retaliate, including potentially by leaving the NPT. Under the NPT, non-nuclear weapons states agree to limit their nuclear program to civilian purposes. Israel has an undeclared nuclear weapons program and is not a party to the NPT.
Under the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, Tehran agreed to limit its civilian. . .
