Yosef Azizi, an expert and media figure close to the government who was recently expelled from the US, said in an interview with Rent Media about Tehran's need to move towards building and testing nuclear weapons: "For us it didn't work and we were raped, but if we reach a point of deterrence and carry out nuclear tests, it will create deterrence. It is worth noting that Yosef Azizi, who was previously a doctoral student at Virginia Tech University, was arrested and deported from the United States on charges of providing false information in his visa application and concealing his background as a member of the Revolutionary Guards students, in Sij.