From the deck of Iran’s new guided-missile destroyer, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has denied that Tehran is seeking nuclear weapons and has criticised the US military presence in the Gulf.

Khamenei said his country was not developing nuclear weapons because Islam forbade weapons of mass destruction.

”Because of this reason, we don’t have any belief in the atomic bomb and don’t pursue it,” he said.   »»» The Age (Australia)

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