Between a fatwa and war: how Iran makes sense of its nuclear capability
Under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon its nuclear programme, Iran has “vowed” to protect its nuclear stockpile. At the same time, former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei disapproved of the use of nuclear weapons on religious grounds. How does Iran reconcile the two positions? The Treaty on…
bubmagMay 3, 2026