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U.S. Intelligence Fears Trump’s Iran War Pushed Tehran’s New Leader Closer to Nuclear Weapons - Internewscast Journal

U.S. intelligence suggests Iran's leader seeks a deployable nuclear warhead, potentially escalating tensions as centrifuges are moved to fortified sites.

  • On Friday, The New York Times reported U.S. intelligence officials assess Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is more interested in obtaining nuclear weapons than his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
  • Unlike his father, who maintained a fatwa against nuclear weapons, Mojtaba reportedly seeks a warhead capable of being miniaturized for long-range missiles, representing a significant strategic shift.
  • Iran has concentrated centrifuges at the fortified underground complex known as Pickaxe Mountain to preserve equipment from U.S. and Israeli strikes on key facilities.
  • President Donald Trump is questioning diplomatic efforts and in a "revenge mode," reportedly calling senior Iranian officials "scum" and "crazy" during a recent White House meeting.
  • Officials caution that much intelligence stems from before the war, as Mojtaba has limited communications and public appearances since being wounded in the February strike that killed his father.
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The intelligence agencies of the United States believe that Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatola Mojtaba Khamenei, has much more interest than his father and predecessor in seeking a nuclear weapon, according to authorities informed about the assessments. Mojtaba's father, Ali Khamenei, killed at the beginning of the war in an Israeli attack supported by American intelligence, had renounced the development of nuclear weapons. Although US authoriti…

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Yeshiva World News broke the news on Friday, July 24, 2026.
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