Iran Says It's No Longer Bound by the Nuclear Treaty. What That Does to Oil, Gold, and Bitcoin

An Iranian lawmaker declared the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty no longer binding, oil surged, gold fell, and Bitcoin slipped below $78,000. Tracing whether a single committee member's words can actually travel from Tehran to your crypto wallet reveals a surprisingly fragile…

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Mohammadreza Mohseni-Sani, a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on September 12, 2026, that Tehran no longer regards the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as binding. US strikes on Iran resumed on September 2.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) closed at $77,231 on September 12, 2026, down from a $79,852 intraday high the day before. Oil is reacting to the conflict, and gold is falling when a war should lift it. So does an Iranian lawmaker’s line reach Bitcoin in any measurable way?

Iran Has Not Filed a Withdrawal Notice

Mohseni-Sani told the Tehran outlet Didban Iran that Tehran no longer treats the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as binding, “whether by remaining in it or leaving it.” His committee handles nuclear policy, and he said in March 2026 that a withdrawal bill could pass with strong support. The treaty, signed in 1968, commits non-nuclear-weapon states to refrain from building the bomb in exchange for civilian nuclear technology, and Iran has been a signatory since 1970.