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Iran
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Iran has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Iran has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
In a statement to the United Nations in September 2017, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said that Iran supports the “overall objective” of the TPNW and believes “that it will reinforce the nuclear disarmament regime”.
In 2022, Iran described the adoption of the TPNW as “a right step in the right direction” and complementary to the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968. But it said that the TPNW “should also be complemented by the urgent commencement of negotiations and the conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons”.
Iran hailed the TPNW’s entry into force in 2021 as “a successful achievement for the global movement towards nuclear disarmament”, but noted that the nuclear-armed states “have continued to boost their nuclear arsenals” notwithstanding this development.
TPNW negotiations
Iran participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption. It served as a vice-president of the bureau.
In its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Iran expressed its hope that the treaty-making process would “lay a new foundation” for the abolition of nuclear weapons and “mark a turning point in the history of nuclear weapons”.
In its closing statement, it said that, overall, the TPNW “has many positive points” but it “also lacks several elements that it was expected to encompass”.
In 2016, Iran voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.
A member of the Iranian delegation during the TPNW negotiations at the UN in New York in 2017. Photo: ICAN
Before the negotiations
Iran was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the TPNW negotiations.
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Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Iran has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Iran has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
In a statement to the United Nations in September 2017, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said that Iran supports the “overall objective” of the TPNW and believes “that it will reinforce the nuclear disarmament regime”.
In 2022, Iran described the adoption of the TPNW as “a right step in the right direction” and complementary to the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968. But it said that the TPNW “should also be complemented by the urgent commencement of negotiations and the conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons”.
Iran hailed the TPNW’s entry into force in 2021 as “a successful achievement for the global movement towards nuclear disarmament”, but noted that the nuclear-armed states “have continued to boost their nuclear arsenals” notwithstanding this development.
TPNW negotiations
Iran participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption. It served as a vice-president of the bureau.
In its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Iran expressed its hope that the treaty-making process would “lay a new foundation” for the abolition of nuclear weapons and “mark a turning point in the history of nuclear weapons”.
In its closing statement, it said that, overall, the TPNW “has many positive points” but it “also lacks several elements that it was expected to encompass”.
In 2016, Iran voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.
A member of the Iranian delegation during the TPNW negotiations at the UN in New York in 2017. Photo: ICAN
Before the negotiations
Iran was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the TPNW negotiations.
Further information
[PARTNERS]
Comité des Iraniens contre la Guerre
PSR Iran
Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Tehran Peace Museum
The House of Eternal Culture (HEC)
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