Pezeshkian says verifying peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program not difficult
President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, saying that verifying the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program is not difficult.
“We are not pursuing nuclear weapons. Our dear Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei] has issued a fatwa (religious decree) against it,” the Iranian president told foreign ambassadors and envoys in Tehran on Thursday.
“Even those who think they can push this country toward nuclear weapons cannot do so because the doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran does not, under any circumstances, accept the mass killing of innocent people,” Pezeshkian added. Iran’s nuclear doctrine is based on Ayatollah Khamenei’s fatwa that categorically bans the production, possession and stockpiling of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
Pezeshkian said verifying the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program is not difficult.
“Whenever inspectors (from the International Atomic Energy Agency) have wanted, they have come and inspected. They can come and inspect a hundred more times. When we have no such intention, they should not keep saying every day that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons.”
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