Days after a Revolutionary Guard commander warned that Tehran might change its nuclear policy if pressured by Israeli threats, sparking international concern, Iran’s foreign ministry rushed to reassure humanity by stating that “nuclear weapons have no place in the nuclear world.” doctrine’ of the country.

“Iran has repeatedly said that its nuclear program serves only peaceful purposes. Nuclear weapons have no place in our nuclear doctrine,” the ministry’s spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, said today at a press conference in Tehran.

After a sharp increase in tensions with Israel, the head of the Guards in charge of nuclear security, Ahmad Hagdalab, said last week that Israeli threats could prompt Tehran to “review its nuclear doctrine and deviate from its previous thinking.” .

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on Tehran’s nuclear program, banned the development of nuclear weapons with a fatwa, or religious edict, in the early 2000s.