Can Iran withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?

On Monday, Sky News Arabia sources revealed that the United States had warned Israel From striking nuclear facilities in Iran, in response to an Iranian missile attack a week ago.

Our sources explained that if Israel strikes any Iranian nuclear targets, “Tehran will respond by exiting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” according to the American warning.

About the treaty

• This treaty is the focus of global efforts aimed at preventing the spread of… Nuclear weaponsPromoting cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and promoting the goal of nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.
• The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was opened for signature in 1968, entered into force on March 5, 1970, and on May 11, 1995, it was extended indefinitely.
• According to the site International Atomic Energy AgencyMore than 191 countries have signed the treaty, including Iran, so it is the most common treaty in terms of the number of party members in the field of nuclear non-proliferation, peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and nuclear disarmament.
• Under this Treaty, non-nuclear-weapon state parties are obligated not to manufacture or acquire them, while nuclear-weapon state parties are obligated not to assist, encourage or induce any non-nuclear-weapon state party to the treaty to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons.

Can Iran withdraw from this treaty? The short answer is: yes.

According to the first paragraph of Article Ten of the Treaty, “each party, in the exercise of its national sovereignty, has the right to withdraw from the Treaty.”

Any member state in the treaty has the right to withdraw “if it decides that exceptional events related to the subject matter of this treaty have endangered its supreme interests,” which may apply to the exposure of its nuclear facilities to an attack.

Any country that wants to withdraw must notify all other parties to the treatyUN Security Council This decision must be issued three months before it becomes effective, and this notification must include a statement of the exceptional events that it considers to have jeopardized its highest interests, according to the same paragraph.