Joe Kent, former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, said in an interview with Tucker Carlson that there is no intelligence indicating Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
(Q: Is Iran about to acquire nuclear weapons?)
"No, they didn't have them three weeks ago when the conflict began, and they didn't have them in June this year.
Know that Iran issued a religious decree (fatwa) in 2004 prohibiting the development of nuclear weapons.
This decree has been in effect since 2004 and is public information. Moreover, we have no intelligence suggesting Iran has violated or is preparing to revoke this decree.
Iran's strategy is quite pragmatic.
They clearly understand everything happening in the region. Their strategy is: not to completely abandon their nuclear program, as they saw what happened to Libya's Gaddafi.
Gaddafi once said: 'I don't have nuclear weapons anymore, you can tell me what to do, I gave up my nuclear program.'
What was the result? Everyone knows."
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