Nuclear weapons were once deemed un-Islamic by Iran’s supreme leader, who went as far as issuing a fatwa against their production.
But a lot has changed since the 1990s, and although Ayatollah Ali Khamenei still sits atop of the regime, nuclear arms appear to be far from taboo.
Tehran, of course, insists it has no plans to weaponise its nuclear programme, which it claims is for civilian purposes only.
