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Iran says will take ‘appropriate decision’ as MPs preparing bill to exit NPT

Members of Iran’s parliament are preparing a bill that could push the country towards exiting the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Foreign Ministry has been quoted as saying.

“In light of recent developments, we will take an appropriate decision. Government has to enforce parliament bills but such a proposal is just being prepared and we will coordinate in the later stages with parliament,” spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, according to Reuters, when asked at a news conference about Iran potentially leaving the NPT.

He added, however, that Iran remains opposed to developing weapons of mass destruction.

Separately, IRNA said no NPT-related bill was discussed in Parliament on Monday and quoted a member of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission as denying social media reports about Iran’s withdrawal from treaty.

The 190-member NPT, which was signed in 1968 and came into effect in 1970, bans signatories other than the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France from acquiring nuclear weapons – in return for allowing them to pursue peaceful nuclear programmes for power generation, overseen by the UN.

Iran has gradually stepped back from its obligations under the accord after US President Donald Trump quit the Iranian nuclear deal in 2018, and reimposed crushing sanctions that have severely harmed the Iranian economy.

‘Huge amount of anger’ against Israel in Iran

The footage we’ve seen indicates that the Israelis are not just striking military and nuclear facilities, but also civilian infrastructure.

In the past two days, we’ve seen Israelis hit at least two oil depots, as well as a building related to university professors here in Tehran. And so, this unprecedented escalation is triggering a huge amount of anger among Iranian citizens.

In one case, authorities reported that at least 20 children were killed, and you also had the Health Ministry saying yesterday that the death toll has risen to 224, with a considerable amount of the victims being civilians.

These strikes have also disrupted the lives of ordinary citizens, and that’s what’s making people really angry about what the Israelis are doing in Iran.

Israeli attack damages hospital in western Iran

We have been reporting on the attacks in the city of Kermanshah. Now, there is an attack on a hospital in the western Iranian city, IRNA reports.

“At around 9am [05:30 GMT] this morning, the criminal Zionist regime launched a missile attack on the Farabi Hospital and Medical Center and surrounding buildings,” it said.

“Following this attack, Farabi Hospital suffered serious damage in various parts.”

Images showed blood-splattered floors with broken glass and debris strewn around the facility.