Nuclear weapons have no place in Iran's nuclear doctrine, the country's foreign ministry said on Monday.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last say on Tehran's nuclear program, banned the development of nuclear weapons in a fatwa © Mena Today
Nuclear weapons have no place in Iran's nuclear doctrine, the country's foreign ministry said on Monday, days after a Revolutionary Guards commander warned that Tehran might change its nuclear policy if pressured by Israeli threats.
"Iran has repeatedly said its nuclear program only serves peaceful purposes. Nuclear weapons have no place in our nuclear doctrine," ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said during a press conference in Tehran.
Following a spike in tensions with Israel, the Guards commander in charge of nuclear security Ahmad Haghtalab said last week that Israeli threats could push Tehran to "review its nuclear doctrine and deviate from its previous considerations."
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last say on Tehran's nuclear program, banned the development of nuclear weapons in a fatwa, or religious decree, in the early 2000s.
However, it is very difficult to believe in the sincerity of the Iranian regime.
Iran's uranium-enrichment programme must be "completely dismantled", U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told the U.N. nuclear watchdog's annual General Conference on Monday.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday to discuss the fallout from Israel’s recent strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar and its impact on efforts to secure a Gaza ceasefire.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar launched a scathing attack on Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday evening, branding him and his government “a disgrace to Spain” after pro-Palestinian demonstrators forced the suspension of the Vuelta cycling race.
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