DUBAI: 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.
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Iran says nuclear weapons have no place in its nuclear doctrine
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Iran says nuclear weapons have no place in its nuclear doctrine
- Tehran’s nuclear program banned the development of nuclear weapons in a fatwa
Iran’s armed forces deny firing missile toward Turkiye
- Turkiye’s defense ministry said on Wednesday that a ballistic missile fired from Iran toward Turkish airspace after passing Syria and Iraq was destroyed by NATO air and missile defense system
DUBAI:Iran’s Armed Forces respect the sovereignty of Turkiye and deny firing any missile toward its territory, it said in a statement carried by state media on Thursday.
Turkiye’s defense ministry said on Wednesday that a ballistic missile fired from Iran toward Turkish airspace after passing Syria and Iraq was destroyed by NATO air and missile defense systems over the eastern Mediterranean.
Turkiye’s defense ministry said on Wednesday that a ballistic missile fired from Iran toward Turkish airspace after passing Syria and Iraq was destroyed by NATO air and missile defense systems over the eastern Mediterranean.
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