Iran is considering withdrawing from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
Iran's Assembly of Experts, which consists of 88 Shiite theologians and elects the country's supreme leader, called for a review of the defense doctrine against the backdrop of threats from rivals and attacks on nuclear facilities, Tasnim writes.
The statement said that withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and creating the necessary deterrents had become an unavoidable necessity.
However, no decision has yet been made to withdraw from the treaty or to create nuclear weapons.