Iran still not seeking to obtain nuclear weapons — president

TASS · 🇺🇸 public United States · Sep 25, 2026 · 134 words

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated in an interview with Fox News that Iran has no intention of acquiring nuclear weapons, citing religious prohibitions. He expressed readiness to comply with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and engage in agreements with the United States under international law.

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What happened

Iran still has no intention of obtaining a nuclear weapon, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Fox News in an interview.

Why it matters

When asked whether his country had any desire to acquire a nuclear warhead, he said: "Absolutely no." "Our martyred revered Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] said several times in the past that this is religiously forbidden.

Common ground

From the religious standpoint, it is prohibited to have a weapon of mass destruction," he added.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Our martyred revered Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] said several times in the past that this is religiously forbidden.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm that Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa banning nuclear weapons, citing a 2003 announcement and a 2005 reiteration at the IAEA.

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web search NEUTRAL — Four days after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement, Khamenei delivered a speech, highlighting his fatwa and rejecting the claim that the nuclear talks, rather than Iran's religio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatwa_against_nuclear_weapons

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 4, 2021 · Khamenei has at times categorically forbidden the development, stockpiling, and use of nuclear weapons. On other occasions, he appeared to tacitly permit their development and stockpilin…
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/irans-fl…

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web search NEUTRAL — A fatwa by Ali Khamenei, former supreme leader of Iran, bans nuclear weapons, first publicly announced in 2003 and reiterated at the IAEA meeting in Vienna in 2005.
https://reference.org/facts/ali_khameneis_fatwa_against_nucl…

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Claim 2: “He reaffirmed his country’s readiness to observe the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).”

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Three separate web search results from September 2026 confirm that President Pezeshkian has repeatedly stressed Iran's commitment to the NPT and its readiness to negotiate within that framework.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masoud Pezeshkian is the ninth president of Iran. He took the position on 28 July, after the presidential election that was held in Iran in June–July 2024. His presidential decree was signed on July 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Masoud_Pezeshkia…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the office established in 1980. The president of Iran is the head of government, the second-highest ranking official of Iran, and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Iran

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masoud Pezeshkian (born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian politician and heart surgeon who has served as the president of Iran since 2024. A member of the reformist faction, he is the oldest person to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian

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Claim 3: “Iran is ready for agreements with the United States, and is putting forward demands only within the framework of the international law.”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm Pezeshkian's expressed readiness to resolve disputes with the US and his insistence that negotiations occur within the framework of international law.

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Claim 4: “Iran still has no intention of obtaining a nuclear weapon, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Fox News in an interview.”

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While the provided evidence confirms Masoud Pezeshkian is the President of Iran and has made similar statements regarding nuclear weapons in other contexts (e.g., to India Today), there is no specific evidence in the provided search results confirming a 'Fox News' interview specifically. The provided Wikipedia results for this claim are irrelevant to the specific interview mentioned.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west; Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest; the Caspian S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iran massacres were a series of mass killings of civilians by the Iranian government during the 2025–2026 Iranian protests, deploying both its own security forces and importing foreign m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran_massacres

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