Iran adviser hints at nuclear doctrine shift and builds bomb amid Israel threats
Iran-based Houthi rebels launch drone attack on 4 ships in Indian Ocean, Red Sea He reiterated that in 2019, saying that building and stockpiling nuclear bombs was "wrong and using it is haram", or religiously forbidden. But Iran's then-intelligence minister said in 2021 that Western pressure could push Tehran towards nuclear weapons.
Iran and Israel have long been arch-enemies. Last month Tehran launched about 300 missiles and drones against Israel in retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike on its embassy compound in Damascus.
In response, Israel launched an attack on Iranian territory. Indian Navy rescues oil tanker with 30 crew members from Houthi missile attack Last week, Iran and the UN's nuclear watchdog had a negotiation over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the Islamic Republic's rapidly advancing atomic programme.
International Atomic Energy Agency's leader Rafael Mariano Grossi has already warned that Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make “several" nuclear bombs if it chooses to do so. US imposes sanctions on firms, 3 from India, for ‘illicit trade’ with Iran Tensions have grown between Iran and the IAEA since 2018, when then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers.
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