Report on Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa Distorts Its History

Report on Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa Distorts Its History

by Gareth Porter

The Barack Obama administration’s new interest in the 2004 religious verdict, or “fatwa,” by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banning the possession of nuclear weapons, long dismissed by national security officials, has prompted The New York Times to review the significance of the fatwa for the first time in several years. Senior Obama administration [...]