Iranian Foreign Minister warns Tehran will leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty if documents go back to the Security Council.

"If European powers maintain inappropriate behavior or send documents to Iran to the UN Security Council, we will withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)", Foreign Minister said. Iranian chief Mohammad Javad Zarif said today.

Iranian Foreign Minister also affirmed that Tehran has completed steps to reduce commitments in the Comprehensive Joint Action Plan (JCPOA) signed with 6 powers in 2015. "If European countries return to the agreement, we will "If they continue as they are now, we have many other options," he added.

France, Britain and Germany on January 14 announced the activation of the JCPOA's "dispute resolution mechanism", which means accusing Iran of violating the terms of a nuclear deal signed in 2015. Foreign Ministry spokesman Iran Seyyed Abbas Mousavi later insisted that Tehran still complied with JCPOA and rejected European accusations.

The NPT has been joined by 187 countries and territories, effective since 1970. Under the treaty provisions, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council have the right to own nuclear weapons, the remaining countries. only use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and not develop weapons.

Since the United States withdrew from JCPOA in 2018, Iran has repeatedly broken its commitment in the deal in response. Tensions between the two countries were exacerbated after Washington's air assault on General Qassem Soleimani on Tuesday led Tehran to retaliate with a missile strike on a base with US troops stationed in Iraq. Iran on January 5 announced its continued unlimited enrichment of uranium.