Comment by tristanj

> their highest moral authority banned them from doing that

This means nothing. Iran says one thing publicly, then privately does another. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country will not develop ballistic missiles with a range exceeding 2,000 kilometers [0]; yet they secretly developed missiles with a range of 4,000 km [1].

[0] https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2017-12/news/irans-leader-se...

[1] https://www.sipri.org/commentary/topical-backgrounder/2026/w...