Iran’s Ayatollah says nukes are forbidden in Islam

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As Washington ratchets up military pressure around Iran, the country’s Supreme Leader has said that Iran will not negotiate over its military. But on Wednesday he also said nuclear weapons are forbidden under Sharia law. Marco examines the overlap of religion and war with Omid Safi, a professor of Iranian studies at Duke University. 

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