Tehran has ‘no desire’ for nuclear bomb, ambassador insists

Seyed Ali Mousavi, Iran’s new ambassador to the UK, condemned Israeli air strikes on his country during an often heated session of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

Iran’s ambassador to the UK insisted his country had no intention of building a nuclear weapon as he clashed with MPs on Tuesday.

Seyed Ali Mousavi told the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee that Iran’s nuclear programme was “only peaceful”, insisting: “There is no desire, not any intention, to produce a nuclear bomb.”