Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa, most prominently around 2003, prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling, and use of nuclear weapons, calling them forbidden (haram) under Islamic law.
The US-ISRAEL justification for ILLEGALLY attacking IRAN was because of worry that Iran may develop Nuclear Weapon - DOUBT that Iran will go against any existing FATWA.
Laws, like FATWAs can change over time - but existing FATWA must be acknowledge - Has IRAN developed Nuclear Weapons - the fact that IRAN has the technology or the materials needed to build Nuclear Weapons is like saying that one has the ability/capacity to kill > but until he/she Kills, can she/he be considered to be a MURDERER or a person who will MURDER?
Malaysians and others understand that this will reasonably mean that Iran will never develop Nuclear weapons until the existing FATWA is varied or removed.
The REASON for the US-Israel ILLEGAL attack was based on a FEAR that Iran may be developing Nuclear Arms, which has been proven false in the past by several EIAC investigations.
US-Israel attack ILLEGAL. Why? Proven FACT that the attack was against UN Charter and also INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Attacking a COUNTRY because of fear that it may attack is ILLEGAL - Worse, ISRAEL who now has NUCLEAR weapons who is not even part of the NON-Proliferation Agreement - and US is also a nation with NUCLEAR weapons..
So, that 'rationale' of attacking another country because it may soon have NUCLEAR weapons is ABSURD and totally unjustifiable.
The attack of another country attacking another country because of 'FEAR' that it may or may not attack it sometime in the FUTURE is absurd - Likewise, Malaysia attacks Singapore because of such a 'FEAR' cannot be justified...
We recall that US did use similar justification to attack IRAQ - claims that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - and today, we know that it was a LIE - no WMD was found.
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The INDEPENDENT MEDIA and professional journalism is on the decline. Once trusted media like BBC, etc now cannot be 'trusted' anymore as they no longer report the TRUTH and the different perspectives. The 'downfall' began with the IRAQ war - as the reporting seemed to justify the US illegal attack on Iraq because of 'Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMD)'- at the end of the day, NO WMD - was the real intention a 'Change in Regime"?
If you read any media report on the war in Iran, who does not mention the basic fact that US-Israel unlawfully attacked Iran leading to start of US/Israel against Iran - that media and/or journalist maybe BIAS and possibly compromised into becoming a propaganda tool of US/Israel.
OR if Media blames just Iran ONLY for the global economic crisis not mentioning that is a consequence of the Us-Israel attack of IRAN, Iran's use of its right of self defense.
All that needs to be mentioned in at least a paragraph in media reports is HOW the war started and is continuing? Who was responsible? Maybe also whether it was a violation of international law... And the actions of Iran is a justified exercise of the right to self defense acknowledged in the UN Charter and International Law. TO NOT MENTION the background - can deceive the readership into not understanding how it all started - hence leading to readership BLAMING IRAN only...is not professional journalism.
US/Israel has been trying very hard to convince the global public that their attack against IRAN is justified - when it actually VIOLATED UN Charter and also international law.
Be careful of Media that try to blame IRAN alone for the rise of cost of living and other problems we face now > all that would not have happened if US/Israel did not unlawfully without notice attack Iran, kill the Ayatollah and leaders of Iran - WORSE because at that time there was an ongoing US-Iran Negotiations, and it was going well.
Malaysian MEDIA simply take reports from Reuters, AFP, etc and publish it in their publications - BUT be careful some of these media agencies have been 'compromised' - they forget to mention important FACTs, i.e. the WAR was unlawfully commenced by US-Israel, and that Iran is exercising its right to defend in its attack of US/Israeli in some Gulf Nations, or airports/ports in these countries that were used to attack IRAN...
Do these Reuters, AFP, etc even present the view/position of IRAN - or it just reports the position and narrative of US only? SO, what should Malaysian media do - write your own UNBIASED reports - reporting western sources and maybe also other sources so Malaysians are not 'brainwashed' into a pro-US narrative and justification.
In Malaysia, MEDIA can be biased - in favour of government, sometimes in favour of big businesses too...do they report on ALL perspectives and views? Do they report and explain properly WHY the people are protesting - not just numbers who turned up ... Do they provide the names of COMPANIES that allegedly violated worker rights? OR are they ONE-SIDED?
Why is Malaysian MEDIA biased in favour of government sometimes >> the fear of government retaliation using MCMC? the cancellation of licences/permits?
Why is Malaysian MEDIA biased in favour of companies? WELL, the worry that these bigger companies MAY SUE Media as it has happened often before ...
Bestinet Sdn Bhd and its founder, Aminul Islam Abdul Nor, are suing 10 media outlets and individuals, including Malaysiakini, with over RM1 billion being sought as damages.
This is over Bloomberg’s report titled “Everyone gets a cut, and migrant workers pay the price”, published on Jan 23, and subsequent reports repeating its claims and commenting on the issue.
In their statement of claim, Bestinet and Aminul (above) claimed that the impugned statements, among others, portrayed them as being involved in human trafficking, money laundering, corrupt practices, deliberately denying the government access to the Foreign Worker Centralised Management System (FWCMS), and had enriched themselves at the expense of vulnerable migrants.
“The impugned statements are defamatory, false, untrue, inconsistent, baseless, published with malice, misleading, and a complete fabrication,” Aminul said in his affidavit, according to filings made at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 12 and served to Malaysiakini today. - Malaysiakini, 24/2/2026
Journalist and MEDIA, if they practice ethical journalism that report the TRUTH - they too are vulnerable to wrongful repercussion by State and big businesses - they could face SLAPP actions - Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. Many media and journalist simply cannot afford to spend so much money and time ... so some chose to play SAFE ...but in so doing they RISK undermining the principles and values of Journalism...
If a media is not pro-US, its access to the US market can be blocked - Remember during the 1MDB issue, the Sarawak Report was not accessible online in Malaysia.
EVEN then, simply endeavor to be an independent JOURNALIST - it is wrong to report in a way that your readership gets a wrong understanding or a 'pro-US understanding' of what is happening in the US-Israel against IRAN illegal war...
Iran’s rejection of nuclear weapons based on religious beliefs, fatwa: Pezeshkian
President Masoud Pezeshkian has reiterated Iran’s opposition to nuclear weapons, saying the policy is rooted in “theological" beliefs and a religious decree issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei banning nuclear arms.
"When the religious leader explicitly states that we will not pursue nuclear weapons, this is a position rooted in theological and jurisprudential beliefs, not a political tactic that can be changed,” Pezeshkian said while speaking during a visit to the northern province of Mazandaran on Thursday, highlighting the fatwa (religious decree) that had been issued by Ayatollah Khamenei forbidding nuclear arms.
“A politician may speak based on expediency, but a religious leader cannot speak against beliefs and a religious ruling.”
The remarks came on the same day that Iran and the United States are holding the third round of Oman-mediated nuclear negotiations in the Swiss city of Geneva.
The two sides held two rounds of indirect talks on February 6 and 17 amid escalating tensions caused by the US military threats against Iran and the build-up of American forces in the region.
Speaking in his State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump claimed that last year’s illegal Israeli-US aggression “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities, but alleged that Tehran is restarting its “sinister” nuclear ambitions.
Trump also spoke of recent foreign-backed riots in Iran, which he had openly supported, and claimed that at least 32,000 people had been killed.
Pezeshkian said, “We have announced the death toll and even provided the national ID numbers of the people killed; anyone who says it's more than this, they should corroborate the claim with evidence.”
According to Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, a total of 3,117 people lost their lives during the riots, and 2,427 of those killed were innocent civilians and security personnel.
The Iranian president said that 300 to 400 of the martyrs were military personnel who were defending the country’s security.
The enemies sought “regime change” during the riots, he noted, saying those who set mosques on fire and martyred security forces are not considered protesters.
Meanwhile, Pezeshkian stressed that Iran has been a victim of terrorism over the past decades.
The enemies, he added, want to deprive the country of its human resources by eliminating capable and specialized people in a bid to insinuate that the authorities are ineffective in addressing problems.
"We recognize protests and consider ourselves obliged to serve our people … in the face of shortcomings and deficiencies. We are deeply saddened from the bottom of our hearts by what has happened to our beloved people,” he said.
“The Leader stated that we are grieving for the people, but a distinction must be made between a peaceful protest and a violent action.” - PressTV, 26/2/2026
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