Iran lawmakers call on government to withdrawal from NPT – Middle East Monitor

Ebrahim Rezai, the spokesperson of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Mejlis (Parliament) of Iran, called on the republic’s government to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

“Now is the time to withdraw from the NPT,” the Iranian Fars news agency quoted him as saying.

“This agreement was supposed to ensure our security, and not become the reason for its absence,” Rezai added.

On Sunday,…