In a provocative statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) affiliated Telegram channel, Akhbar Sepah Pasdaran, declared, “We don’t have a nuclear bomb, but if we want one, we will build it.” The post, which featured a list of the Iranian regime’s nuclear capabilities—including 90% uranium enrichment, plutonium production, and explosive mechanism engineering—is the latest in a series of statements by Iranian officials hinting at their true nuclear ambitions.
The Telegram post specifically listed the regime’s nuclear capabilities, marking them with a check:
✔ Plutonium production capability
✔ Explosive mechanism construction capability
✔ Explosion control chamber construction capability
✔ Assembly and security capability
✔ 90% uranium enrichment capability
✔ Nuclear core design capability
✔ Detonator engineering capability
✔ Testing and simulation capability
✖ Decision to build a nuclear bomb
This statement comes just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reinstate the “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, emphasizing that the regime must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. Following this announcement, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated after a cabinet meeting, “If the main issue is ensuring Iran does not pursue nuclear weapons, this is achievable and not particularly difficult.”
The bellicose rhetoric aligns with previous nuclear threats made by Iranian senior officials. Just last December, Kamal Kharrazi, a senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, warned in an interview with Al-Mayadeen that Iran would retaliate in kind if attacked, implying potential nuclear escalation. Kharrazi’s statement reflects Tehran’s long-standing strategy of using its nuclear program as leverage against international pressure while simultaneously negotiating for concessions.
Tehran has repeatedly employed this tactic, as evidenced by Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi’s warning that Iran would take retaliatory steps in its nuclear program if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution against Tehran. Similarly, Ahmad Naderi, a senior parliamentarian, recently advocated for nuclear weapons development, citing Israel’s capabilities as justification.
At two conferences in December 2024 and January 2025, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) warned that the clerical regime has ramped up its nuclear weapons program to compensate for its growing strategic losses in Syria and the Middle East. The regime, facing setbacks in the region, is now fast-tracking warhead development while using any potential negotiations to buy time.
The NCRI revealed that Iran’s secret military programs under the SPND and METFAZ divisions are intensifying efforts to develop nuclear warheads, with sites like Shahrud and Semnan playing a critical role in high-explosive testing and missile development.
Further validating the NCRI’s warnings, an article published by Iranian Diplomacy on February 1, 2025, openly called for Iran to build and unveil nuclear weapons to establish a “balance of terror.” The piece admits that Tehran’s geopolitical weaknesses, including its setbacks in Syria, must be offset by acquiring nuclear capabilities. This latest revelation reinforces that the Iranian regime is not merely posturing—it is actively advancing toward nuclear armament as a means of survival amid its regional decline.
Source » ncr-iran