Khatibzadeh in Vienna: NPT is alive with artificial respiration
Criticizing the political performance of the International Atomic Energy Agency in not condemning the attacks on Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran and the head of the Center for Political and International Studies of this Ministry emphasized that the Treaty on the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has been severely worn out and is in a critical state as a result of the double standards of the claimants, so that "the NPT is alive with artificial respiration."
Criticizing the political performance of the International Atomic Energy Agency in not condemning the attacks on Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran and the head of the Center for Political and International Studies of this Ministry emphasized that the Treaty on the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has been severely worn out and is in a critical state as a result of the double standards of the claimants, so that "the NPT is alive with artificial respiration."
According to Ambassador Arjan, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of the Center for Political and International Studies, who had traveled to Vienna, the capital of Austria, in order to conduct diplomatic consultations and participate in specialized and study meetings, explained the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the performance of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the status of the NPT Treaty and the violations of the host countries of international organizations.
According to Ambassador Arjan, Khatibzadeh pointed to the International Atomic Energy Agency's refusal to condemn the US and Zionist regime's attacks on Iran's nuclear sites and stated: After the International Atomic Energy Agency failed to condemn the attacks on peaceful nuclear facilities under Iran's protection, increasing demands have been formed inside Iran to ask very serious questions about the benefits that were promised to us in the framework of the NPT treaty. We never received a reply.
Emphasizing that the self-imposed and self-inflicted war launched by the US and the Zionist regime against Iran, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that three deep wounds have been inflicted on the body of the non-proliferation regime: first, literature and language have been used; Second, measures taken by member countries; And third, and most importantly, of course, the double standards of those who were supposed to protect the non-proliferation regime.
He continued: Therefore, I believe that important questions regarding NPT should be raised before the international community. NPT is currently alive on artificial respiration and is severely lifeless and worn out.
The head of the Center for Political and International Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also criticized the action of the host countries of international organizations in not issuing visas to the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and other diplomats of our country who planned to participate in the meetings in New York and Vienna in recent weeks. I believe that the least we expect is that the laws, regulations and norms on which the international order is based will be protected.
Asadollah Ashraq Jahormi, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Austria, also criticized the general position of Europe towards the aggression of the United States and the Zionist regime against our country and stated: Our expectation was that Europe would stand on the right side of history and oppose the unnecessary and unjustified aggression against a member of the United Nations.
The Iranian ambassador in Vienna added: This is why we should express our concern about such a biased approach by European countries. The countries that not only do not oppose this war of aggression, but also help the continuation of this aggression in some way, and this is very unfortunate.
These positions of the senior diplomats of our country are raised while after the approval of another anti-Iranian resolution in the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors at the suggestion of the United States and the European Troika in September, the next meeting of the Board of Governors is scheduled to be held in Vienna in a month.