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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Yashraj Sharma

What is the NPT, and why has Iran threatened to pull out of the treaty?

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi, left, meets the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, in Tehran [File: Handout/Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran via AP]

The Iranian government says parliament is drafting legislation to withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as it is engaged in an escalating military conflict with Israel.

Tehran’s threat on Monday to walk away from the international treaty comes after Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran’s nuclear and military sites, killing several nuclear scientists and scholars along with top military commanders.

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