Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivered a hard hitting address to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva yesterday in which he vowed that Iran will never surrender its rights under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
“The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) explicitly recognizes the inalienable right of all States Parties to develop research, produce, and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. This right is inherent, non-negotiable, and legally binding,” he said. “It is not conditional upon political considerations, nor can it be suspended or reinterpreted arbitrarily. Any attempt to portray this right as revocable or discretionary fundamentally contradicts the letter and spirit of the Treaty,”
