Between fatwa and the bomb: Is Iran rethinking its nuclear doctrine?

As Mojtaba Khamenei steps in, Tehran weighs whether to uphold a religious ban or embrace nuclear deterrence amid rising threats

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has recently issued a statement urging people to wait for new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to publicly declare his stance on nuclear weapons. Essentially, the Foreign Ministry has subtly indicated that Tehran is shifting from previous dogmatic certainty towards a potential revision of its nuclear doctrine.

A central element of this issue is the ‘fatwa’ (ruling) issued by former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which prohibited the development and use of nuclear weapons in accordance…

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