More Iranians now demand nuclear bomb after US-Israel strikes: Analysis

Iranian affairs analyst Mostafa Khoshcheshm says Iranians are increasingly wanting the government to build a nuclear weapon after the Israeli-US attacks earlier this month. Anger among Iranians is rising at the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency after it said Iran failed to comply with its obligations under a nuclear pact, and Israel attacked the country a day later. “I’ve been hearing increasing voices in Tehran from among the public demanding a nuclear bomb from the Islamic Republic,” Khoshcheshm told Al Jazeera. He noted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s decree that the country will not pursue atomic arms. Khamenei, who has the final say on the matter, banned the development of nuclear weapons in a fatwa, or religious edict, in the early 2000s, saying it is “haram”, or forbidden, in Islam. “Still, there are a growing number of people demanding the Islamic Republic to make a bomb in order to protect their security,” said Khoshcheshm. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Iran #Israel #IsraelIranWar #IranNuclearProgram #IranNuclearSites #IranUraniumEnrichment #IsraelIranConflict #IsraelIranCeasefire #AlJazeeraEnglish