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1st LD: Iran's top leader opposes possession, proliferation of WMDs

Xinhua, August 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said here Wednesday that he is against the possession and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

"We consider restrictions on the expansion of our defense industry," Khamenei said, according to the supreme leader's website. "The WMDs, such as chemical weapons and nuclear weapons, are forbidden based on our religious beliefs."

The Iranian leader, however, stressed that the increase in Iran's "defensive and aggressive" power as an "inalienable right of the country" in the face of threats and insecurity in the world.

"Iran will be secure when the powers feel the might of the country," he was quoted as saying. Endit