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Khamenei says building, using nuclear bomb is forbidden under Islam
Despite having nuclear technology, Iran has never pursued building or using nuclear weapons, which its religion forbids, the country’s highest political authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday.
Published : 9 Oct 2019, 10:59 AM
Updated : 9 Oct 2019, 11:00 AM
“Building and stockpiling nuclear bombs is wrong and using it is haram (religiously forbidden) ... Although we have nuclear technology, Iran has firmly avoided it,” State TV quoted him as saying.
Iran has repeatedly denied ever having sought to build a nuclear bomb.
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