WANA (Sep 01) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in an interview with a British publication that if the Iranian Parliament approves withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the government would have no legal authority to stop it.

He criticized Europe’s approach, stating: “The Europeans are following the path dictated to them by Donald Trump, and their role is visibly diminishing.”

The spokesperson also highlighted the issue of mistrust between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), noting: “There is deep mistrust between Iran and the Agency’s inspectors. Our main concern is that information collected at nuclear sites could be transferred to Israel.”

He added that this concern has grown following what he described as the IAEA’s “politicized approach,” stressing that previous Agency reports had been misused by the United States and Israel to push through a Board of Governors resolution accusing Iran of non-compliance. According to him, this resolution later served as a “pretext for Israel’s attack on Iran in June.”

People walk past a billboard with a picture of nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes and Iranian centrifuges, on a street in Tehran, Iran August 29, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)