IAEA Board Decision Could Determine Iran’s Future Interaction with the World

If the IAEA Board of Governors takes a decision against Iran in its forthcoming session, and Tehran responds by withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the outcome will not be a technical development but rather a strategic turn in international politics.

According to Rokna Such a withdrawal would not stem from passivity or impulsiveness but from a political logic that has stood against pressure, discrimination, and distrust for years. At this point, Tehran is neither seeking aimless confrontation nor intending to return to repetitive diplomatic maneuvers, but rather aims to redefine its position in an order that has lost its legitimacy.

The final phase begins when the opposing party decides to close the path of interaction, and Iran decides to write the rules of the game itself. In such circumstances, exiting the NPT would signify the end of commitment to a mechanism that for years has functioned as a tool of restriction—a mechanism that, on the surface, maintains order, but in practice disregards the legitimate rights of countries outside the nuclear powers’ circle.

Iran, with a long record of technical cooperation, extensive inspections, and adherence to commitments, has repeatedly demonstrated that it seeks neither deviation nor manipulation of global security. However, when the same cooperation is transformed into a tool of pressure and international institutions act politically rather than impartially, withdrawal from the treaty becomes not only defensible but necessary.

If the Board of Governors issues a warning resolution or refers the case to the UN Security Council, it would effectively signal the end of the capacity for technical diplomacy. Such a decision, made under political pressure rather than technical data, carries a clear message: the path of interaction is closed, and the opposing party seeks to exert maximum pressure through legal and structural channels.