Iran's powerful Assembly of Experts issued a statement calling on authorities to consider withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), change the country's defense doctrine and strengthen its military deterrence amid escalating tensions with the United States and Israel:
The repeated threats from the aggressive enemy, especially those aimed at our country's nuclear knowledge, prove that we no longer have hope in the international institutions responsible for these matters.
Therefore, considering withdrawing from the NPT, examining the country's defense doctrine and establishing the necessary deterrence have become inevitable needs and a public national demand.
We hope that the relevant authorities will listen to this demand under the wise guidance of the leader.
If our defeated enemies try to test their luck again and launch another attack, they will undoubtedly face an immediate and effective response from our heroic armed forces, without any geographical limitation.
We expect our officials, alongside our heroic armed forces and loyal and self-sacrificing people, not to back down even an inch in pursuit of the demands and rights of the Iranian nation.