Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that the mid-June bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by Israel and the United States “constitute a gross violation of all international norms and irreparably undermine the status of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons” (NPT). Pezeshkian made these remarks in a video message to participants at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, held on June 26-27, 2025, in Minsk, Belarus. According to TASS the Iranian President charged that “this act of aggression happened during indirect talks on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program between Iran and the United States … [even as Iran] remained under the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency.”
In a June 28 interview with RT, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei charged that “the U.S. is offering a very dangerous interpretation of the NPT—that developing states have no right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. It is not acceptable for any responsible, decent member of the NPT,” he stated. Baghaei added: “I think Iran has made it clear for the past two or three decades that it is not seeking nuclear weapons. There has never been weapons-grade enrichment in Iran. Please, you can go through the reports by the IAEA and show me one single clue or evidence of Iran’s nuclear program deviating from peaceful purposes. It is a matter of fact that Iran’s nuclear program remains totally peaceful,” he stressed.
