Iran Warns US Nuclear Threats Risk Global Arms Race, Vow to Expand Capabilities
🏛️ TEHRAN — Iran is invoking the NPT to deter a strike it can't stop militarily. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Baghaei's NPT framing is strategic, not rhetorical. By casting US nuclear threats as the systemic danger, Tehran signals other non-nuclear states to rally around Iran's position. It also seeds justification for expanding its own program — "defensive capabilities" is the tell. If Washington is labeled an NPT violator, Tehran's next enrichment step arrives pre-defended.
