Gharibabadi outlines reasons behind failure of 11th NPT Review Conference

Tehran - BORNA - Writing in a post on his X account regarding the conclusion of the event, Gharibabadi stated: "The 11th NPT Review Conference concluded its work yesterday at the United Nations headquarters in New York after three weeks of discussions and deliberations, without achieving any tangible results."

U.S. and Western attempts to swap aggressor and victim

The senior diplomat added: "Over the past year, Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards were twice attacked by the U.S. and Israeli regimes. While this issue should have been the primary concern of the 11th Conference, unfortunately, certain Western governments and the U.S.—who have either committed widespread and flagrant violations of international law or supported these breaches—once again manipulated the UN and attempted to swap the places of the aggressor and the victim."

"Instead of condemning the aggressors and the military strikes against civilian targets, infrastructure, and innocent Iranian citizens, they exerted their desperate, ultimate efforts to condemn the Islamic Republic of Iran within the text of the final document under the pretext of non-compliance with safeguards commitments and UN Security Council resolutions," Gharibabadi explained.

Iran thwarts political exploitation of international bodies

Gharibabadi emphasized: "The Islamic Republic of Iran, with absolute decisiveness, did not permit these countries to attain their political objectives. Due to the excessive demands of Western nations, the 11th Conference failed without adopting a final document, and the responsibility for this failure rests squarely on these countries."

He further underscored: "The Islamic Republic of Iran will not allow these nations to relentlessly abuse international forums and treaties as instruments to advance their political agendas."

Concluding his remarks, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs stressed: "If the non-proliferation regime is to survive, it must be anchored in equal security, equal sovereignty, and equal accountability—not nuclear exceptionalism."

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