"Facing external threats will change nuclear policy" a close aide to Iran's Supreme Leader

There have been warnings from inside Iran that Iran's supreme leader has banned weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons and that the edict could be changed.

According to NBC, Iranian Supreme Leader Kamal Haraj recently told Almayadin, a propaganda outlet for Lebanese militant Hezbollah, that "we have the capacity to produce nuclear weapons" and that we are ready to change our nuclear-related policies in the face of external threats."If there is an external threat, Iran will change its nuclear doctrine," said

Haraji, explaining that "the only thing preventing it at the moment is the leader's part."

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced in 2003 "Patwa," a religious leader's decree banning weapons of mass destruction.

"WMDs such as chemical weapons and biochemical weapons, including nuclear weapons, are a serious threat to humanity," Khamenei said in a 2010 document. "Iran, which is also a victim of chemical weapons, is particularly sensitive to producing and accumulating such weapons. I'm willing to do my best to fight this," he said in detail.

The possibility of changing such a patwa is seen as a strong warning that if external threats such as airstrikes continue, Iran can actually produce nuclear weapons with its stockpile of nuclear fuel.