Iran has hit back at the United States’ comments regarding Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, accusing Washington of using the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference to deflect attention from its violations. Tensions between the two countries escalated at the United Nations, with Iran’s Permanent Mission alleging that the United States misrepresented Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The mission shared a statement on its official X handle, claiming all of Iran’s enriched uranium remains under “full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and there is no report of even one gram of Iran’s nuclear material being diverted.”
The post also criticised international bodies, including the UN Security Council, the IAEA Director-General and the Board of Governors for failing “to condemn these illegal attacks, but most regrettably, took actions that reversed the roles of the victim and the aggressor.”
Iran accused the United States of depicting its nuclear activities as a threat while using the NPT forum to publicise a politicised narrative, ignoring broader disarmament obligations.
Iran’s envoy Amir Saeed Irvani said at the UN that long-standing stability in the Gulf region would require an end to the ongoing aggression against Iran, along with guarantees that such actions would not be repeated and uphold respect for Iran’s sovereignty.
Irvani announced Iran supported freedom of navigation in key waterways, including the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, but warned that repeated military escalation could weaken regional and global security. He appealed to the UN Security Council to address the matter.
He also alleged that since February 28, the United States and Israel were engaged in a “widespread and unjustified aggressive war” against Iran which was in violation of international law and the UN Charter, specifically Article 2(4), leading to the disruption of maritime security.
Washington had earlier criticised the selection of Iran as one of the vice presidents at the forum, calling the move “beyond shameful and an embarrassment to the credibility of the conference”.
Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi disputed the comments as “baseless and politically motivated” and went on to add, “It is indefensible that United States, as the only state ever to have used nuclear weapons, and the one that continues to expand and modernize its nuclear arsenal… seeks to position itself as an arbitrator of the compliance.”
