‘Iran will have no choice but to get nuclear weapon if attacked,’ says Khamenei’s adviser amid Trump’s bomb threat

Khamenei’s adviser Ali Larijani said, “We are not moving towards (nuclear) weapons, but if you do something wrong in the Iranian nuclear issue, you will force Iran to move towards that because it has to defend itself,” as quoted by AFP news agency.

“Iran does not want to do this, but…(it) will have no choice,” Larijani further added. Khamenei’s adviser warned that if the US itself goes ahead to bomb the Islamic country or deploys its allies like Israel, then “Iran would be forced to make a different decision.”

Trump on Saturday issued warnings to Iran that “there will be bombing” if it doesn’t agree to a nuclear deal, and even threatened to impose secondary tariffs on Tehran.

“If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before,” Trump was quoted as saying by NBC News.

It was the first reaction by the US government after Iran rejected its proposal for direct negotiations last week.

On Sunday, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the country had rejected direct negotiations with the US over the nuclear programme.

“We don’t avoid talks; it’s the breach of promises that has caused issues for us so far. They must prove that they can build trust,” Pezeshkian said earlier.

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