Dozens of Iranian lawmakers urge nuclear weapons production – Middle East Monitor

More than 70 members of Iran’s Shura Council have called on the country’s leadership to produce and possess nuclear weapons, according to a letter sent Monday to the Supreme National Security Council and the heads of Iran’s three branches of government. The letter was reported by Fars News Agency.

The lawmakers argued that the 2010 fatwa issued by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—which forbids the use of nuclear weapons—was issued under different…