Iranian lawmaker says US strikes give Iran legal right to exit nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Parliament Foreign Policy Committee Head Abbas Golroo took to X after US targeted three of Iran's nuclear sites.

A satellite image shows trucks and bulldozers near the entrance to the Fordow nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran June 20.

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Dubai: Iran has the legal right to withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) based on its Article 10 following US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, Parliament Foreign Policy Committee Head Abbas Golroo said on X on Sunday.

Article 10 states that an NPT member has "the right to withdraw from the Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country."