Not seeking nuclear weapons.

The recently released 2025 annual threat assessment report by the US intelligence community affirms that Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons.

Image of Iran's new missile base. (Source: Iran Wire)

On March 26, the THX news agency reported that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had unveiled a new underground missile base. According to footage released two days earlier by Sepah News , the official IRGC news agency, the base belongs to the IRGC Aerospace Division and is referred to as a "missile city."

The presenter in the video stated that this facility is one of "hundreds" of IRGC missile bases across Iran, "containing thousands of precision-guided and network-operated ballistic missiles, using solid and liquid fuel, manufactured by specialists of the IRGC Aerospace Division."

The footage also shows several missiles at the base, including Kheybar Shekan, Martyr Haj Qassem, Qadr-H, Sejjil, and Emad. These missiles were used in two military operations against Israel on April 13 and October 1, 2024.

Regarding the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment Report, The National News quoted a passage from the document stating: "We continue to believe that Iran does not manufacture nuclear weapons and that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has not authorized the resumption of the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003, despite increased pressure that may have forced him to do so."

The 31-page document from the U.S. intelligence community reflects the shared views of 18 of the country's intelligence agencies, from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Office of National Reconnaissance.

The report may come as a surprise to observers after US President Donald Trump warned Iran to halt its nuclear research program or face military consequences.

Clement Therme, a member of the International Institute for Iran Studies, commented: "Since Iran's nuclear program first appeared on the international stage in 2002, Tehran's nuclear program has primarily been used as leverage to obtain concessions from the West."

According to him, Iran has a history of using nuclear advances as a tool to exert pressure in negotiations, especially after the US withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018. Iran has accumulated considerable technical know-how and possesses a stockpile of highly enriched uranium.

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