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Opinion: War on Iran has triggered a fundamental crisis of trust in the nuclear non-proliferation treaty

As diplomats convene in New York from 27 April to 22 May for the latest session of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference, its credibility is under unprecedented strain, Former Chief of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Relations Committee Seyed Hossein Mousavian writes for Middle East Eye.

According to Mousavian, although it was designed as a grand bargain between nuclear restraint and security assurances, the treaty now faces a deeper crisis – one not of technical compliance, but of political trust. He argues that nowhere is this tension more visible than in the case of Iran.

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