Iran will develop nuclear weapons as soon as possible, if the supreme leader of the Persian state determines its need, declared Ismail Kosari, deputy of the Majlis (unicameral parliament).
"If a decision is ever made, especially if the Supreme Leader determines that we should indeed have nuclear weapons, we will certainly create them as soon as possible," the SNN news agency quotes the lawmaker as saying during an analysis session dedicated to the US elections. UU.
According to the parliament, Iran "has no problem" with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and so far has no reasons to withdraw from it.