US Edition71 Iranian Lawmakers Urge Iran to Build Nuclear Weapons
Seventy Iranian lawmakers urge a defense doctrine review to consider nuclear weapons as deterrence amid imminent UN sanctions and rising regional tensions, reflecting a shift in policy.
- Seventy-One Iranian lawmakers called on the Supreme National Security Council on September 22, 2025, to review the defense doctrine and consider nuclear weapons.
- The lawmakers made this call amid stalled nuclear talks, looming snapback sanctions set for September 28, and escalating tensions with Israel and its allies.
- The legislators acknowledged a 2010 fatwa by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei banning nuclear weapons but argued it does not forbid developing them as deterrents.
- Iran has insisted its nuclear program is peaceful and cites Khamenei's fatwa while Western allies accuse Tehran of seeking nuclear arms capability.
- This call for policy change amid sanctions threats highlights rising regional instability and risks escalating conflict between Iran and Israel's allied groups.
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In Iran, dozens of deputies in a letter demanded that a nuclear bomb be built. The security situation in the region had changed, it is said. At the same time, it is stressed that it was only about the deterrence of Israel. Israel had "fallen to the brink of madness" and attacked "without any respect for international obligations", the 71 deputies (out of 290) wrote in the letter. In general, the world had changed. In June, Israel's military had …
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