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Al Jazeera
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Maziar Motamedi

Nuclear bomb fears are a false ‘excuse’: Iran’s Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visits the centrifuges in Tehran, June 11, 2023 [Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA via Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said claims that Tehran may pursue a nuclear weapon are a false “excuse” that untrustworthy international stakeholders use.

He told a group of nuclear officials and scientists in Tehran on Sunday that Islamic values prevent Iran from pursuing a weapon of mass destruction.

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