Oh, and all that genocidal rhetoric against Israel? Just kidding!
“Imam Khamenei says Iran will never seek atom bomb,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, February 19 (thanks to Block Ness):
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Friday that the country neither believes in atomic bombs nor is it seeking to develop such weapons.
The Leader said the continuation of allegations by the West that the country is pursuing military objectives in its civilian nuclear program signals that the propaganda campaign against Iran has failed.
Iran has announced many times, he said, that its fundamentals and religious principles consider weapons of mass destruction as “illegal and haraam” — meaning forbidden and prohibited according to Islamic rules….
Iran in no way believes in an atomic bomb, and it does not seek one, Imam Khamenei said….
Yes, but were his fingers crossed when he said it?