Wednesday, April 25, 2012

There Is No Iranian Nuclear Fatwa

Supreme Leader Ali Khameini

The Fake Iranian Nuclear Fatwa -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

One of the main talking points for apologists for Iran recently has been the claim that Supreme Leader Ali Khameini banned the production of nuclear weapons as a sin. This is supposed to calm the nerves of those who fear allowing the Islamist regime nuclear capability and has been accepted by President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and other world leaders as a fact. But as Ruthie Blum points out in her column in Israel Hayom, the fatwa is a fake.

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My Comment: I concur with this conclusion. I did my own research, and found only this oblique reference. Bottom line .... no fatwa has been released, and Supreme Leader Ali Khameini has certainly not gone out of his way to say that he has issued one.

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