Does Iran want nuclear weapons?

Supreme Leader denies it again:

“The threadbare and vain claims that nuclear arms are being made in Iran indicate that enemies of the nation have resorted to repetition even in the field of propaganda out of extreme helplessness. In response to such vain claims, the Islamic Republic of Iran will not fall into emotions because we have repeatedly said that our religious ideas and beliefs consider such weapons, which are the symbols of mankind degeneration, forbidden and "Haram" (religiously prohibited). Due to the same reason, we do not have the least belief in nuclear arms and bombs and do not go after them.”
 I tend to believe him, even though I think he is, in most ways, a scumbag.

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