Iranian Nuclear Scientist: Khamenei Can Change His Fatwa Forbidding Production of an Atomic Bomb

Iranian nuclear scientist Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, the president of Beheshti University, said in an April 7, 2024 interview with Channel 2 (Iran) that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei can change his fatwa forbidding the production of an atomic bomb at any time. He said that Iran’s nuclear capabilities “are high” and that once a country has nuclear capabilities, making a nuclear bomb “is not complicated.” Aghamiri continued to say that Iran is one of the top five countries with regards to nuclear capabilities.