Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Wednesday the US threat to use atomic weapons against Iran in fact show change in its “fox-like literature to a wolf-like literature”.
The nation will “force those who make threats to surrender,” he said in a meeting with a group of nurses from across the country, IRNA reported.
On April 6 Barack Obama released a new US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) in which he restricted use of nuclear weapons against countries that might attack the US by deploying biological and chemical warfare but which are members of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), with the exception of Iran and North Korea.
The Leader stressed that real power of the Iranian people and country emanates from faith not advanced weapons or military equipment. “The nation has advance in all areas and in the wake of its increasing faith and insight will overcome all threats and challenges,” he noted.
Elaborating on the issue, he added “The nation has moved forward also in the defense equipment sector…But the power and prowess lies in faith. It is for this purpose that after 30 years of sanctions, military attack, political and security threats the nation has developed and moved forward beyond conventional norms.
“Making a nuclear threat will not affect the people.