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Reported claim

“Donald Trump stated in a State of the Union address that the main reason for attacking Iran was belief that Iran has a nuclear weapons programme.”

high confidence 6 sources

Reported by 6 sources.

Belief History

Apr 06 Apr 06

Sources

Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
الحرب تتعلق بأمر واحد، وهو ألا تملك إيران أسلحة نووية
2026-04-06
TASS English supports low reliability
The White House justified the attack by citing alleged missile and nuclear threats from Iran.
2026-03-27
Times of Israel supports medium reliability
defending the conflict as necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon
2026-03-20
Consortium News supports medium reliability
In his last State of the Union address, Trump said that the main reason was that he believed that Iran has a nuclear weapons programme.
2026-03-20
Consortium News supports medium reliability
Trump claimed he attacked Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.
2026-03-20
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
إيران "كانت على وشك امتلاك سلاح نووي"
2026-03-20

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