Iranian MP calls for making a nuclear bomb and reviewing Khamenei's fatwa

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A member of the Presidium of the Iranian Parliament, Ahmed Naderi, called for making a nuclear bomb and reviewing the fatwa announced by former guide Ali Khamenei regarding the prohibition of nuclear weapons, considering that changing security and military conditions require reconsidering Tehran’s nuclear doctrine.

Naderi said, in statements reported by the “Iran Observatory” website on Sunday, that he has been raising the issue of making an atomic bomb for more than a decade and supports this approach, adding that the current circumstances force Iran to move towards achieving what he described as “final military deterrence” in the coming decades.

He also revealed that he called for changing the nuclear doctrine during a parliamentary session that followed the killing of the former Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, noting that the discussion regarding the necessity of nuclear deterrence “has become more serious.”

Referring to the current leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the MP said that he infers from his behavior that his position on nuclear weapons may differ from that of his father.

While he attributed his call to review the previous position to “changed circumstances,” saying that “Iran had not been attacked when the previous position was taken, while today it faces a different reality.”

He also considered that the Iranian response to the killing of figures allied with Tehran “has not yet achieved the required level of deterrence,” stressing that the response will not be sufficient unless it leads to “decisive deterrence,” as he put it.

These statements reflect the escalation of calls within Iranian political circles to reconsider the nuclear policy and Ali Khamenei’s fatwa.

However, the representative’s statements do not mean the issuance of an official decision to change the nuclear doctrine or begin manufacturing an atomic bomb. Rather, they express a political position calling for a review of the existing policy in light of security and military developments.