Iran warns it will change nuclear doctrine if ‘existence threatened’

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei examines centrifuges in Tehran [File: Handout/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA via Reuters]

Iran could be pushed into building a nuclear weapon if Israel threatens its existence, an adviser to the country’s supreme leader has warned.

“We have no decision to build a nuclear bomb but should Iran’s existence be threatened, there will be no choice but to change our military doctrine,” said Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday.