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Weapons of Mass Destruction are Haram (forbidden in Islam)

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Weapons of mass destruction are haram: Leader
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the use of weapons of mass destruction is haram (forbidden in Islam).

Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a message to the nuclear disarmament conference, which is currently underway in Tehran.

Iran regards utilizing nuclear weapons as haram and it is incumbent on everyone to safeguard humanity from such weapons, he said.

Ayatollah Khamenei added that nuclear and chemical weapons are serious threats to humanity.

The Iranian nation has been a victim of chemical weapons and more than anyone else understands the threat of such weapons and is ready to make every effort to eradicate such weapons, he stated.

He went on to say that nuclear technology is one of the greatest achievements of mankind and has a variety of uses in industry, medicine, and agriculture.

And every nation is entitled to the peaceful use of this technology, he added.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei said the only country in the world that has used nuclear weapons is calling other nations a nuclear threat.

“The only atomic criminal in the world is falsely claiming to be campaigning against the proliferation of nuclear weapons, while it has definitely made no serious effort toward this end,” he noted.

If the claims of the United States were true, the Zionist regime would not have been able to turn the occupied territories into a nuclear weapons arsenal, he said.

Although a number of countries have manufactured nuclear weapons, only the United States has carried out a nuclear attack, and now it is making claims about a campaign against nuclear weapons, he noted.

The Leader stated that any use of nuclear weapons, and even any threat to use such weapons, is a serious violation of human rights and a war crime.

Ayatollah Khamenei also expressed hope that the participants at the Tehran disarmament conference would make realistic proposals to eliminate this threat to humanity.

The Nuclear Energy For All, Nuclear Weapons For No One conference opened in Tehran on Saturday.

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