Iran lawmakers call for withdrawal from NPT: Will we have war or peace?

Several Iranian lawmakers have called for the country’s withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), as United States President Donald Trump says the war on Iran will be “wrapped up” soon.The lawmakers’ demands come as Qatari mediators returned to Tehran this week to mediate peace talks with the US.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Senators briefed on Trump’s ‘insane’ plan to restart war on Iranlist 2 of 3Oman rescues 25 from burning oil tanker in Strait of Hormuzlist 3 of 3Pakistan army ‘cautiously optimistic’ about US-Iran mediation effortsend of listBefore the US and Israel’s war on Iran began on February 28, Washington and Tehran had already been engaging in indirect nuclear negotiations mediated by Oman. Iran had also stated on numerous occasions that it had no plans to develop nuclear weapons.Trump has also repeatedly stated that Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon”, making it a non-negotiable condition for ending the ongoing conflict and securing a permanent deal.Iran, however, has demanded certain conditions be met before it will talk again about its nuclear programme – including an end to the US naval blockade of its ports in and around the Strait...