Interview with Aljazeera, April 27, 2026
Hossein Mousavian, who worked on Iran’s nuclear diplomacy team in negotiations with the European Union and the IAEA, argued that the treaty’s credibility has also been damaged by what many states see as inconsistent enforcement of its principles.
“The record of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has come under serious strain,” he said. “Nuclear-weapon states have fallen short of their disarmament commitments while continuing to modernise their arsenals, and some have developed strategic partnerships with nuclear-armed states outside the treaty.”
He added that attacks on nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards have not been met with “clear and consistent responses” from either the UN Security Council or the IAEA, raising broader concerns among nonnuclear states about fairness and equal treatment under the treaty.
“The result is a growing perception that the NPT is shifting from a rules-based regime toward a more politicised instrument shaped by power dynamics rather than uniform application of its principles,” he said.
In May 2018, however, the US withdrew from the JCPOA. President Donald Trump, who described the deal as “defective at its core” ordered the withdrawal, a move that Mousavian said led to the current crisis.
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