Iran blames US for collapse of UN nuclear talks

Middle East Eye · May 23, 2026 Politics

Iran blames US for collapse of UN nuclear talks Iran’s mission to the United Nations accused the United States of pushing nuclear nonproliferation talks towards collapse through what it described as “excessive demands”. In a post on X, the mission said the review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons had failed for a third consecutive time because of “obstructionism by the United States and its allies”. The comments came after the UN conference ended without a consensus following weeks of negotiations.

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