(Voice of America) | February 19, 2010
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is reiterating a previous claim that Islam is “opposed to nuclear weapons,” insisting that Tehran is not trying to build them. Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency is also calling a leaked report that Tehran is working to build a nuclear warhead “baseless.”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei christened a new, Iranian-built warship, as a military band honored him on the ship’s deck. Addressing a crowd of military commanders after the ceremony, he told them that “Islam is opposed to nuclear weapons and that Tehran is not working to build them.”