The United States objected strongly after Iran was selected as one of the 34 vice presidents of the United Nations Nonproliferation Treaty conference on April 27.
Iran was a candidate proposed by the Non-Aligned Movement, made up of 121 developing countries, most of which are in Africa and Asia.
The conference, held every five years since 1970, involves all 191 parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) reviewing its implementation.
Under the terms of the NPT, Iran is obliged to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a U.N. agency, but it has not given IAEA inspectors access to nuclear sites since they were bombed by the United States in June 2025….