‘Iran will have no choice but to get nuclear weapon if attacked,’ says Khamenei’s adviser amid Trump’s bomb threat | World News
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s aide on Monday warned that the country will have to procure nuclear weapons if attacked the United States or its allies, following US President Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Iran.
The development comes after Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei vowed to hit back if President Trump carried out bombing in Tehran, if the country doesn’t negotiate over its nuclear programme.
Khamenei’s adviser Ali Larijani said, “We are not moving towards (nuclear) weapons, but if you do something wrong in the Iranian nuclear issue, you will force Iran to move towards that because it has to defend itself,” as quoted AFP news agency.
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“Iran does not want to do this, but…(it) will have no choice,” Larijani further added. Khamenei’s adviser warned that if the US itself goes ahead to bomb the Islamic country or deploys its allies like Israel, then “Iran would be forced to make a different decision.”
Trump on Saturday issued warnings to Iran that “there will be bombing” if it doesn’t agree to a nuclear deal, and even threatened to impose secondary tariffs on Tehran.
“If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before,” Trump was quoted as saying NBC News.
It was the first reaction the US government after Iran rejected its proposal for direct negotiations last week.Story continues below this ad
On Sunday, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the country had rejected direct negotiations with the US over the nuclear programme.
“We don’t avoid talks; it’s the breach of promises that has caused issues for us so far. They must prove that they can build trust,” Pezeshkian said earlier.
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