Manouchehr Mutaki, a member of the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced on Tuesday, November 10, that now is the time for the Islamic Republic to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
"Now is the time to leave the NPT, Mataki said. "We are one of the founders of this agreement, but we have not reached any of our rights."
He also announced that the decision to acquire nuclear weapons rests with the leader of the Islamic Republic.