Iran feels pressured by recent Israeli successes and its influence in the Middle East is at stake. The first members of the Tehran parliament are now openly calling for the construction of nuclear weapons – could the mullahs' regime go that far?
News sometimes comes from the Islamic Republic that sounds as if Tehran were the capital of an ordinary democracy. That's what they're supposed to sound like, more precisely. A few days ago there was news that 39 MPs had turned to the National Security Council asking for a course correction: the country's defense doctrine should be changed. And no longer refrain from nuclear weapons. “If it is possible for Israel to have nuclear weapons,” said one of the MPs, Mohammad Reza Sabaghian, “Iran must also seek them.” For “self-defense,” he said. After all, it cannot be ruled out that Israel, the de facto nuclear power, would defend itself with nuclear weapons if it felt its existence was threatened. Iran must prepare for this.
