Khamenei aide Kamal Kharazi says country ‘has no decision to do so’; he claims Israel is weak, warns any attack on Iran will lead to reprisal against Jewish state.
A top aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says his country has “the technical capabilities to manufacture a nuclear bomb.”
Kamal Kharazi, the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, tells Al Jazeera, “It is no secret that we have the technical capabilities to manufacture a nuclear bomb, but we have no decision to do so.”
He says negotiations on a return to the nuclear deal with the US are difficult due to distrust between the sides.
He claims that Israel “is in a phase of weakness, and US President Joe Biden’s support for it will not bring it back to the fore.”
He also warns that “targeting our security from neighboring countries will be met with a response to these countries and a direct response to Israel.”
