The IC continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, and Supreme Leader Khomeini has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.

The IC continues to monitor closely if Tehran decides to reauthorize its nuclear weapons program.

All right. Hello and welcome to or welcome back to Colonial Outcast, the anti-imperialist

podcast that every Beltway Warhawk in Washington, D.C.

would hate that they weren't too busy watching Fox News and CNN, which are busy, you

know, ginning up public consent for a direct intervention against Iran.

The clip you just heard was Director of National Intelligence.

Tulsi Gabbard testifying in the Senate this past March during the Global Threat Assessment Committee hearing.

According to the U.S. IC intelligence community, Iran doesn't intend to develop a nuclear weapon and hasn't since

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against nuclear weapons in 2003.

Moreover, Iran, just like any other nation, has a right to pursue nuclear energy for civil

purposes and is absolutely de-incentivized to give up their program in its entirety after what the U.S. did to Libya

and Gaddafi after he gave up his nuclear program under U.S. pressure.

And as we enter the fifth day of the distance conflict between Iran and Israel and United States

today being Tuesday, the U.S. President Donald Trump warned residents of Tehran to evacuate on social media

last night because that's the world we live in now and suggested that the United States

was working on something, quote, better than a ceasefire, whatever that means. And of course,

Trump left the G7, the Group of Seven Summit in Canada, a day early to deal with the conflict between Israel

and Iran, telling reporters on Air Force One during the flight back to Washington, quote,

I am not looking for a ceasefire, we're looking at a better than a ceasefire, unquote.

Trump's cryptic messages added to the uncertainty roiling the region as residents of Tehran

fled their homes and droves

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