Iran Admits Intent to Change Nuclear Doctrine if Existence Threatened
“We have no decision to build a nuclear bomb, but should Iran’s existence be threatened, there will be no choice but to change our military doctrine,” Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was reported as saying by Iran’s Student News Network on Thursday.i
This admission contradicts Khamenei’s fatwa that banned the development of nuclear weapons in the early 2000s, saying it is “haram”, or forbidden in Islam. “In the case of an attack on our nuclear facilities by the Zionist regime, our deterrence will change,” Kharrazi was reported as saying.
This move was predicted in “The Third Iranian Expansion into the Middle East,” the last part of a three-part series by Dr. Mohammad Yousef published by ICGER on April 23, 2024, in which he said that Iran will change its nuclear doctrine once it possesses nuclear capabilities.” He added that Iran harnessed the needed capabilities to ascend to the position of a regional pole and seeks a supra-regional role. (https://en.icgers.com/index.php/2024/04/24/series-return-of-the-two-lions/ )