The US’ relationship with North Korea exhibits that having such an arsenal has purchased Pyongyang safety, in accordance with Ahmad Naderi
US President Donald Trump wouldn’t dare threaten to bomb Iran if Tehran had nuclear weapons, Ahmad Naderi, a member of the Presidium of the Iranian Parliament, stated on Monday.
A day earlier, the US president threatened Iran with unprecedented bombing if it doesn’t settle for a nuclear deal.
“It is going to be bombing the likes of which they’ve by no means seen earlier than,” he informed NBC Information on Sunday.
Iran may comply with the instance of North Korea to bolster its safety within the face of the menace, Naderi prompt in a put up on X.
“Observing Trump’s habits and speech throughout his first time period with North Korea exhibits that having a nuclear weapon has introduced safety to Korea,” he stated.
Trump wouldn’t make such threats if Tehran had been equally armed, Naderi asserted.
“For a very long time, many elites and sympathizers of the nation and the [Islamic] Revolution have been calling for the bomb to be examined and introduced. If we had been additionally armed with nuclear weapons, Trump wouldn’t dare to threaten bombing,” he stated.
Regardless of threatening North Korea with “hearth and fury just like the world has by no means seen” over Pyongyang’s nuclear program in 2017, Trump as an alternative went on to interact the nation diplomatically throughout his first presidential time period.
After a number of conferences, denuclearization talks later collapsed over disagreements on sanctions reduction and North Korea’s nuclear program. Pyongyang has since continued to conduct missile exams, together with of its nuclear supply methods.
Tehran’s nuclear program has additionally been a bone of rivalry in US-Iranian relations for years.
In February, a month after the beginning of his second presidential time period, Trump introduced a renewed push for “most strain” on Iran.
After the US president’s current escalation in rhetoric, Tehran rejected direct talks with Washington, citing a lack of belief following Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Complete Plan of Motion (JCPOA) in 2018. The worldwide settlement was envisioned to scale down the Iranian nuclear program in alternate for sanctions reduction.
Earlier on Monday, Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Tehran would retaliate towards any US assault.
