Hossein Shariatmadari called for withdrawal from the NPT [Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty] 8/6/03

NTI: Global Security Newswire - Wednesday, August 6, 2003: "The only thing which can foil the plot hatched jointly by America, the European Union and the International Atomic Energy Agency against Islamic Iran is our withdrawal from the NPT [Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty].
—Hossein Shariatmadari, editor of Iran’s Kayhan newspaper, on talks today between Iranian and IAEA officials in Tehran."