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Reported claim

“Iran maintains a fatwa against nuclear weapons.”

high confidence 27 sources

Reported by 26 sources.

Sources

RIA Novosti supports low reliability
2026-03-31
TASS English supports low reliability
None
2026-03-30
TASS English supports low reliability
2026-03-30
Strategic Culture Foundation supports low reliability
it was Khamenei who issued the fatwa rejecting nuclear weapons
2026-03-26
RT English supports low reliability
Nuclear weapons are explicitly proscribed by a fatwa (a legal ruling) derived from statements by the late Supreme Leader, which declares their production, stockpiling, and use to be haram (forbidden) under Islamic law.
2026-03-25
Vali Nasr (aggregated) supports medium reliability
Ali Khamenei, was very clear—nuclear weapons are anti-Islamic. He was so dedicated to this value that he issued a fatwa
2026-03-25
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
المرشد الإيراني السابق علي خامنئي كان قد أصدر فتوى تُحرّم الأسلحة النووية
2026-03-25
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
الفتاوى الدينية التي أصدرها المرشد الراحل علي خامنئي بتحريم هذا السلاح
2026-03-25
Press TV supports low reliability
he had given necessary instructions banning such arms
2026-03-25
Mohammad Marandi (aggregated) supports medium reliability
the fatwa against nuclear weapons remains in place
2026-03-20
Trita Parsi (aggregated) supports medium reliability
Even more ironically, Khamenei served as an internal brake on Iran's nuclear weaponization. His removal will likely empower the more hardline elites who see nuclear deterrence as the only guarantee against future attacks on Iran.
2026-03-20
Ynet Hebrew supports medium reliability
לדבריו, חמינאי "מנע מהם להשיג נשק גרעיני״
2026-03-20
The Guardian World supports high reliability
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran killed in a joint US-Israeli strike] has not reauthorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003
2026-03-20
RT English uncertain low reliability
There are rumors (though they are hard to verify) that the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the main obstacle to Iran's nuclear program.
2026-03-20
TASS English supports low reliability
Ali Khamenei's fatwa banning the development of nuclear weapons has been in effect since 2003.
2026-03-20
RIA Novosti supports low reliability
фетва о запрете на обладание им была издана при погибшем лидере - Али Хаменеи
2026-03-20
Responsible Statecraft supports medium reliability
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — with his stated opposition to the bomb
2026-03-18
TASS English supports low reliability
commenting on the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's fatwa, or religious decree, banning nuclear weapons
2026-03-18
Press TV supports low reliability
Iran's martyred Leader issued a clear fatwa against nuclear arms
2026-03-17
Mohammad Marandi (aggregated) supports medium reliability
the fatwa against nuclear weapons remains in place, as Iran wants to avoid destabilizing the region
2026-03-13
Mohammad Marandi (aggregated) supports medium reliability
the fatwa against nuclear weapons remains in place, as Iran wants to avoid destabilizing the region
2026-03-13
Mohammad Marandi (aggregated) supports medium reliability
the fatwa against nuclear weapons remains in place, as Iran wants to avoid destabilizing the region
2026-03-13
Mohammad Marandi (aggregated) supports medium reliability
There was a fatwa in Iran issued by the former Supreme Leader against the nuclear weapons. And Iran always maintained that its nuclear programme was for peaceful purposes.
2026-03-13
Mohammad Marandi (aggregated) supports medium reliability
There was a fatwa in Iran issued by the former Supreme Leader against the nuclear weapons.
2026-03-13
Foreign Affairs supports high reliability
Iranian officials have often spoken of Khamenei's formal religious ruling that prohibited nuclear weaponization as a reason why Tehran would never create a nuclear weapon.
2026-03-12
Foreign Affairs supports high reliability
Iranian officials have often spoken of Khamenei's formal religious ruling that prohibited nuclear weaponization as a reason why Tehran would never create a nuclear weapon.
2026-03-12
Foreign Affairs supports high reliability
Iranian officials have often spoken of Khamenei's formal religious ruling that prohibited nuclear weaponization as a reason why Tehran would never create a nuclear weapon
2026-03-12

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