Nuclear weapons have no place in Iran’s nuclear doctrine, the country’s foreign ministry said today, days after a commander of the Revolutionary Guards warned that the Tehran it can to change its nuclear policyif pressed by Israeli threats.
“Iran has repeatedly said that its nuclear program serves only peaceful purposes. Nuclear weapons have no place in our nuclear doctrine.”said the spokesman of the ministry Nasser Kanaani at a press conference in Tehran.
Following a sharp rise in tensions with Israel, the Guards commander in charge of nuclear security Ahmad Hagdalab said last week that Israeli threats might prompt Tehran to “revise its nuclear doctrine and deviate from its previous thinking.”
The Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khameneiwhich has the final say on Tehran’s nuclear program, banned the development of nuclear weapons with a fatwa, or religious edict, in the early 2000s.
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