Iran shows its openness to negotiations with Washington and threatens nuclear weapons against Israel

Iran has expressed its openness to holding direct talks with the United States regarding foreign policy and its nuclear file, while threatening to change its doctrine regarding the production of nuclear weapons if it is exposed to a nuclear threat from Israel.

Kamal Kharazi, foreign policy advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Iranian Revolution, Ali Khamenei, said yesterday, Sunday: “The Americans describe diplomacy as the best option... and we have the same point of view and are ready to return to negotiations.”

The Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) quoted Kharazi as saying that Iran must also be prepared to resume nuclear negotiations that were halted during the era of former US President Donald Trump.

In a related context, Kharazi threatened that if his country was exposed to a nuclear threat from Israel, Tehran would change its doctrine regarding the production of nuclear weapons.

Kharazi pointed out that there is a nuclear weapons problem in the region caused by Israel, noting that "Israel possesses nuclear weapons, and we still want a region free of them, and we continue to support this idea."

He continued: "There will be no stability and security in the region unless Israel disarms its nuclear weapons."

He pointed out that Israel threatens the countries of the region, and for this reason there are unrest there, stressing that "if a country wants to threaten Iran with a nuclear weapon, we can reconsider our nuclear doctrine."

He continued: "The revolutionary leadership has a fatwa that nuclear weapons are forbidden, but if the enemy threatens you, you must change your belief."

Member of Parliament's Supreme National Security Council and conservative MP, Javad Karimi Ghodousi, said, "If Khamenei's fatwa is changed, the first nuclear test will be conducted within a week," and this sparked internal reactions.

In a speech he delivered on April 27, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that there was no place for the production of nuclear weapons in his country's defense doctrine, in line with Khamenei's fatwa.

In return, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, announced that Tehran has enough enriched uranium to make “several” nuclear bombs if it wanted to.