MOSCOW, January 11 (Sputnik) — In a joint press conference in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed an alleged report by the German weekly Der Spiegel as "ridiculous.” The report claims that Iran is helping Syria build nuclear weapons, reports FARS agency.
The minister also emphasized Iran's policy of opposition to the acquisition of nuclear weapons and the fatwa issued by the leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei that has placed a strong religious ban on the acquisition, possession and use of atomic bombs, and said, "We believe that all nuclear weapons should be dismantled," reports FARS.
The report claimed that the key intelligence for the discovery of a new nuclear site in Syria came from radio communications seized by a network of spies. Der Spiegel did not disclose the source of the espionage report, but usually such claims are given out by the Israelis, as reported by FARS.