Did Iran Possesses a Nuclear Weapon?
Did Iran Just Announce It Possesses a Nuclear Weapon?
The Western Journal • June 20, 2025 ~ MSN FoxNews YNews
With a wave of vitriol cascading toward Israel from Tehran, fears are spiking that next to come will be a nuclear strike.
Although in theory, Iran agreed in a since-scuttled deal with the Obama administration not to develop a nuclear bomb, reports that emerged in 2022 said Iran had been trying to conceal banned activity that moved the country in the direction of joining the world’s nuclear club, according to the BBC.
Now that Iran says it will attack Israel after a leader of Hamas was assassinated in Tehran, fears that Iran completed the last step to being ready to possibly nuke Israel are running wild.
For example, a post on X proclaimed Iran has publicly announced for the first time that it has nuclear weapons. According to the tweet, Iranian Politician Ahmed Ardestani said, “We have obtained nuclear weapons, but we do not announce it.”
The truth is a little more nuanced (though still quite alarming) according to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
In mid-May MEMRI examined Ardestani’s statements, which had been made on May 10, 2024.
MEMRI argued comments like Ardestani’s are “a series of statements by senior Iranian officials aimed at establishing in international public opinion the concept that Iran has nuclear weapons, or that Iran is entitled to them for deterrence as part of attaining a nuclear balance of terror vis-à-vis Israel and the US.”
“As an academic specializing in political strategy who is also a politician, he allows for plausible deniability aimed at letting the world know that Iran either has or should have nuclear weapons to offset Israel’s,” the MEMRI analysis read.
Going farther, MEMRI suggested Iran is “preparing international opinion for its announcement that it has a bomb, and in order to temper any opposition to this.”
The level of threat implied, the post read, is shown in a comment from Ardestani in which he said, “I believe that Iran’s becoming nuclear will gain gradual acceptance. As soon as you enter the nuclear club, they have to accept you. This deterrence [provided by possessing a nuclear weapon] makes the world realize that it respects Iran’s role. Now, the wisdom of the masses in America understands that Iran cannot be ignored.”
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