- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denies the country is pursuing nuclear weapons, citing a religious fatwa prohibiting atomic arms.
- Pezeshkian responds to US President Trump’s call for a new nuclear agreement, affirming that Iran is not seeking nuclear capabilities.
- Despite denials, Iran’s uranium enrichment and past threats against Israel fuel ongoing concerns about its nuclear ambitions.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has denied that his country is pursuing nuclear weapons, responding to US President Donald Trump’s call for a new agreement to prevent Iran from acquiring one.
“We are not seeking nuclear weapons,” Pezeshkian stated during a meeting with foreign diplomats in Tehran, emphasizing that “verifying this issue is an easy task.”
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In the televised meeting, Pezeshkian referred to a long-standing fatwa, or religious edict, from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which prohibits the use of atomic weapons.
He further explained that Iran does not pursue nuclear arms because “massacring innocent people is not acceptable in the doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
However, the UN nuclear watchdog has reported that Iran is enriching uranium to levels that have no civilian use, and Iranian officials have repeatedly threatened to destroy Israeli cities.
Israel has previously released what it claimed to be a cache of documents proving Iran’s efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.
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In response, Trump renewed his call for a “verified nuclear peace agreement” with Iran, stressing that the country “cannot have a Nuclear Weapon.”
The US president also reinstated his “maximum pressure” policy against Iran, citing concerns over its nuclear ambitions.
