“Goal was to build a bomb.” - Iran’s Secret Nuke Confession

Daily Mail ^ | 4-14-26 | Stacy Liberatore

[MarlonRando]

Ali Motahari, who served as Parliament deputy speaker from 2016 to 2019, made the statements in 2022 while speaking on Iranian news media outlet ISCA News, saying: 'When we began our nuclear activity, our goal was indeed to build a bomb. There is no need to beat around the bush.'

Motahari noted that Iran had no plans for detonating the bomb, only using it as a deterrent, meaning a weapon intended to discourage enemies rather than immediately use it, citing the Quranic verse: 'Strike fear in the hearts of the enemy of Allah.'

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[MarlonRando]

muslims love to blow things up.

On an unrelated note, here’s a question for you. When LORD Jesus returns, and sets up His kingdom, and judges, — how many muslims are going to be in the universe?

I’ll give you a minute.

Ok, if you guessed exactly zero out of everything, you are correct.

[exnavy]

Moslems lie.

[MarlonRando]

if they did get a hold of a bomb, someone else would have to make it for them. They are not exactly known for their ingenuity.

[greenbrier]

Nonsense, but at least has a little LESS deceit than normal.

A “deterrent” bomb is only effective if it’s been shown to be an actual working design.

[MarlonRando]

I student designed a working bomb decades ago —

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/09/archives/student-designs-2000-atom-bomb.html

[Mr. K]

Deter enemies? No one is attacking Iran- Iran is always attacking others.

NOW they might attack you, since you HAVE NO MORE MILITARY :)

Isn’t there any country in the area that wants to annex some land?

[MarlonRando]

I know. That’s what I was thinking about. There are no men left? There are no Genghis Khan’s prowling around? I guess not. You literally could make a phone call to President Trump, and tell him you would manage everything and give the United States a cut, and you would have yourself a country.

hey, Alexander, the great was a European white guy, and he ended up taking them over and they called him, The Great.”

[Democrat = party of treason]

No kidding Sherlock?

[MarlonRando]

yeah, they just wanted to generate electricity for the baby milk plants

[sjmjax]

Same logic behind suicide vests.
They’re just a deterrent. We have no intention of actually using them!

[Regulator]

"Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?"

[central_va]

I say we give them a few right now.

[clearcarbon]

"Motahari noted that Iran had no plans for detonating the bomb, only using it as a deterrent, meaning a weapon intended to discourage enemies rather than immediately use it,"

His word is his bomb.

[greenbrier]

You designed a bomb that MIGHT have worked, unless you actually built and detonated it.

Same diff with the Iranians - gotta pop the cork to celebrate the event.

[MeanWestTexan]

They enriched uranium to 60% U235.

Nuclear plants use 2-3% 235 uranium.

There is zero purpose for 60% uranium, except to spin in one more time to make it 90%, for a bomb.

They had enough for 11 bombs.

No further discussion is needed.

[Spok]

To whom does this come as a surprise?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

World’s all-time worst-kept secret!

[neverevergiveup]

They didn’t want nukes only as a ‘deterrent’. They wanted nukes for leverage - allowing them to throw their theocratic weight around with impunity. Their actions since the revolution have been aggressive, not ‘live and let live’.