The debate among Iranian ⁠hard-liners over whether Tehran should seek a nuclear bomb in defiance of an escalating U.S.-Israeli attack is getting louder, more public and more insistent, sources say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/27/world/iran-nuclear-bomb-hard-liner-stance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iran #nuclearweapons #us #donaldtrump
Iran hard-liners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb, sources say

While Western countries have long believed that Iran wants the bomb, it has always denied that, saying former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had banned nuclear weapons.

The Japan Times