Tehran Nuclear Shift

Calls have grown in Iran for a review of its nuclear doctrine and withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty following strikes on nuclear facilities. Officials, lawmakers and newspapers have raised the possibility of acquiring a bomb or reducing nuclear transparency. Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei said a change in doctrine had not yet been approved, but was under consideration if another war broke out; the final decision, he said, rests with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Critics, meanwhile, warned that such calls could justify further attacks and increase the diplomatic costs, and argued that resolving the nuclear dispute could pave the way to address other crises. The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched to up to 60%, but has been unable to verify the status of the stockpile since the strikes.

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