Iran's Assembly of Experts issued an unprecedented statement calling for withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT):
Consideration of withdrawing from the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, revising the country's defense doctrine and creating the necessary deterrent have become an inevitable necessity and have become a public and national need.
We hope that officials, using the wise guidance of the dear Supreme Leader, will pay attention to this need.
Reference: The Assembly of Experts is the highest religious Shiite body in Iran, which has a huge range of influence in the Islamic Republic, including the parliament and the judiciary.
It is this body that elects Iran's supreme leader.