Iran’s Intelligence Minister, Mahmoud Alavi, on Tuesday warned the West that his country could push for a nuclear weapon if the international sanctions on Tehran remain in place, The Associated Press reported.
“Our nuclear program is peaceful and the fatwa by the Supreme Leader has forbidden nuclear weapons, but if they push Iran in that direction, then it wouldn’t be Iran’s fault but those who pushed it,” Alavi was quoted as saying, referring a 1990s religious edict issued by the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which states that nuclear weapons are forbidden.
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