“Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and President Rouhani has said that Iran would never develop a nuclear weapon,” Obama said. (CNSNews.com, March 21, 2015)
“Other administration officials—including Secretary of State John Kerry and Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes—have previously referred to the ayatollah’s reported fatwa in the context of the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran.”
“Both Obama and Clinton have made reference to the nuclear fatwa. Obama sent a verbal message to Iran’s supreme leader earlier this year that acknowledged it, and Clinton mentioned it earlier this month. (National Public Radio, June 14, 2012).
“They have also made it clear in many statements,” Clinton said, “most recently in the fatwa that was issued by the supreme leader that they don’t seek nuclear weapons, that they have no such program.”
“Obama made his observation about the supreme leader’s fatwa in a...
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