Statement of the Iranian Council of Experts:
"Repeated threats from the aggressor, especially threats to the country's nuclear scientific potential, indicate that there is no point in trusting international organizations responsible for this region.
In this context, examining the issue of withdrawing from the NPT, revising the country's defense doctrine and creating the necessary deterrence potential have become an inevitable necessity and have become a national demand. We express our hope that respected government officials, in accordance with the wise instructions of our dear leader, will pay attention to this demand.
If the defeated enemies decide to try their luck again and launch another attack, they will undoubtedly face an immediate and effective response from our heroic forces, without any geographical boundaries.
Responsible government officials are expected to act in cooperation with the heroic armed forces and the loyal and selfless people and not to deviate even a bit from protecting the demands and rights of the Iranian people."
For those who don't know: the "Council of Experts" is Iran's supreme religious and political body, which elects Iran's supreme leader (Rahbar), controls his activities and theoretically even has the right to remove him from office.
88 Islamic theologians and jurists, elected by the population for a de facto 8-year period, together with the Revolutionary Guards, deal with the country's internal and foreign policy. That is, their statements can be taken very seriously.