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Jerusalem Post – Oct 1, 2023

Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapons program at this time, the United States assessed in a newly released report on countering weapons of mass destruction published on Friday.

The Defense Department report, titled 2023 Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, identified the Islamic Republic as a “persistent threat” and warned that it could build a nuclear weapon in two weeks.

“Iran not pursuing a nuclear weapons program at this time, but has the capacity to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear device in less than two weeks,” the report noted.

In the report, the US criticized Iran for its noncompliance with obligations made under the Chemical Weapons Convention and voiced concerns that Tehran is pursuing “dual-use central nervous system-acting chemicals for offensive purposes.”

The report also identified the Islamic Republic as a “regional threat” to the Middle East that must be addressed.

Israel: Iran continues to test its nuclear program

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Commentary – Oct 1, 2023

Netanyahu tries to convince U.N delegates of the nuclear threat posed by Iran in 2012

So all the repeated warnings about Iran being on the verge of developing nuclear weapons were just scare-mongering.

Of course the Western powers and their compliant media knew that Iran had long ago rejected nuclear weapons for being against the principles of Islam. That’s because in the mid-nineteen-nineties, the Ayatollah Khamenei issued a fatwa that expressly prohibited the acquisition, development and use of nuclear weapons.

Israel and the Zionist owned and/or controlled Western media chose to ignore this. Preferring instead to portray Iran as posing a potential nuclear threat, just as they once did with Saddam Hussein’s Weapons of Mass Destruction.

In effect stories about Iran’s nuclear weapons program were propaganda used to drum up support for Western military action against Iran.

Fortunately it hasn’t happened. Although with growing ties between Russia and Iran it’s still quite feasible that Western powers could meet with Iranian forces in a full-blown conflict. Ed.