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Iranian official says Iran can now build nukes, “having nuclear authority is vital to confront US and its allies”

Feb 11, 2019 2:54 pm By Robert Spencer

The establishment media will claim that the Iranian nuclear deal had put a stop to all this, and blame Trump for withdrawing from it, but actually spokesmen for the Islamic Republic were talking this way while it was in force as well.

“Iran Claims to Have Formula for Nuclear Bomb,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, February 11, 2019:

A senior Iranian official said over the weekend that the Islamic Republic has the chemical and technical know-how to produce a nuclear weapon, according to Farsi language remarks independently translated for the Washington Free Beacon.

Ahmad Khatami, a senior member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, which enjoys close ties with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, claimed in recent comments that having a nuclear missile “is vital for Iran to confront the U.S. and its allies,” according to Farsi language comments made over the weekend.

“Having missile[s] and nuclear authority is vital for Iran to confront the U.S. and its allies.” Khatami was quoted as saying in remarks in which he also referred to the United States as a thug.

The comments come on the heels of threats issued by Khamenei to senior Trump administration figures, including Donald Trump himself, National Security Adviser John Bolton, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Regional experts who spoke to the Free Beacon about the threats said U.S. intelligence agencies must take them seriously, and should launch an investigation into scores of potential agents tied to the Iranian regime, including those known to operate on U.S. soil.

Khatami, in his comments, claimed Iran has no interest in building a nuclear weapon, but that it possesses the know-how and ability to do so.

“Iran never has had the intention to build a nuclear bomb. Iran has the formula but does not want to use the weapons of mass destruction, but it is vital for Iran to have nuclear energy,” he said.

Meanwhile, Iran continues to manufacture and test advanced ballistic missile technology capable of carrying a nuclear warhead….

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  1. David Newton Webster II says

    Feb 11, 2019 at 4:51 pm

    Robert Spencer is a difficult man to reach. Maybe people here can read my article on an Islamist in Virginia. Robert my apologies for posting an article in a reply section. I didn’t know how else to contact you. http://thebullelephant.com/86th-district-virginia-delegate-candidate-ibraheem-samireh-d-shocks-virginia/

  2. gravenimage says

    Feb 11, 2019 at 5:30 pm

    Iranian official says Iran can now build nukes, “having nuclear authority is vital to confront US and its allies”
    ……………………..

    Of course, they never stopped.

    And where is christianblood, to tell us that the Mullahs need to have nukes, to defend against the deadly threat of Western gay parades?

  3. Garfield says

    Feb 11, 2019 at 5:35 pm

    Iran and it’s proxies Hezbollah and Hamas are infiltrating South america. They are controlling much of Lebanon. The threat of Iran is not limited to the middle east. If they are not stopped they will continue to run drugs and push Islam is south and central America.I

    Too bad Obama shut down project Cassandra…….

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 11, 2019 at 6:26 pm

      +1

  4. FYI says

    Feb 11, 2019 at 6:33 pm

    Another mad mullah:you can almost hear the insane cackling.

    If I was Iranian …I’d be worried:Let me explain..

    The islamic koranic god allah “the best of deceivers” is NOT the Biblical God of Israel.

    “Oh allah the best of deceivers..I mean you wouldn’t be deceiving us iranian muslims now would you?..give us victory over the God of Israel..we can’t lose just as surely as goliath beat that Jew David…”

    Appearances concerning Israel are deceptive to its enemies;it is such a small country…

    A long,long time ago……..

    Then…

    {David +the Actual God of Israel}versus {goliath+ baal “the best of deceivers”}

    Now…

    {Israel+the Actual God of Israel}versus{enemies of Israel+allah “the best of deceivers”}

    If the Iranians ever think they can destroy Israel,their allah “the best of deceivers” won’t save them from the God of Israel.

    see the Book of Joel chapter 3.You cannot win a war against the Actual God..but of course muslims don’t see ..that allah isn’t the Biblical God.

    The Iranians,hizbollah,hamas etc should stay well away from Israel:of course they would laugh at this ..just as goliath would have laughed at the idea that a boy would kill him.

    David versus goliath:it is symbolic of God’s plan for Israel and its right to exist.It is also a story of triumph against impossible odds.How the hell could a mere shepherd boy with no combat experience defeat a giant,battle-hardened warrior?

    What the modern enemies of Israel don’t get is that they are,in metaphorical terms..goliath.

    BTW since Jesus is descended from David,that means Christians too have a good reason to support the Holy Land.

  5. Wellington says

    Feb 11, 2019 at 7:07 pm

    Again a photo rather says it all. Just take a look at the Islamic turkey in the photo above and ask yourself if this is the kind of person you want in charge of nuclear weapons.

    • mortimer says

      Feb 11, 2019 at 10:07 pm

      Agree. Too true. An out-of-control maniac.

  6. P. Douglas says

    Feb 12, 2019 at 10:37 am

    If we had a real President back in 79, instead of “Mr. Peanut”, iran would never have went into the hands of these insane religious Fanatics.
    Better for the entire World if we used just a few small Nukes, to let them, and the rest of these idiots know their pure shit of a Cult was no longer welcome!
    The Shaw, with all his faults, had kept iran secular, and was moving his people forward, not backward into the 7th century!

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