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U.S. Intelligence Believed Iran's Former Supreme Leader Opposed Nuclear Weapons. His Successor May Not

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 10d ago
553 distinct posts / 48h, matching Iran 343 Weapons 226 Intelligence 23 Former 23 Leader 17
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10d ago I've threaded a few articles on EPSTEIN'S Zorro Ranch proximity to the two New Mexico nuclear sites and I believe all the articles were put into this one thread. 💯 bsky.app/profile/love... All the … -6.0
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10d ago Ukraine can strike high-value targets deep inside Russian occupied territory, killing the engineer while traveling in a vehicle, not at the nuclear plant. It reflects precision while reducing the r… +2.0
10d ago Had an interestin time, talking about the dangerous combination of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons systems at Castel Gandolfo, the pope’s summer residence southeast if Rome. thebulletin… ×2 -4.5
10d ago Chinese artificial intelligence cracked a control problem that has blocked nuclear fusion for decades, and the breakthrough did not come from physicists https://www.byteseu.com/2203715/ A young C… +6.5
10d ago Trump accuses China of 2020 voting interference, contradicting US intelligence findings l.smartnews.com/p-87huri48/j... WILL SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE TAKE GRANDPA OF HIS MED'S!! P.S. AND ALSO, MAKE … -8.0
10d ago It's been reported that the site was used as a Mossad signals intelligence black site, exporting stolen secrets from the nuclear labs nearby - the theft of which was facilitated by Robert Maxwell h… -6.5
10d ago The Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War begins in Borgo Laudato Si', Castel. Experts and laureates are set to discuss the implications and challenges of nucle… +2.0
10d ago Trump, Hegseth, and Rubio repeat the same lie every second: a fictional Iranian program for getting a nuclear weapon, although all their intelligence agencies have said that such a program does not… -6.5
11d ago US intelligence assessments about the Taiwan invasion timeline offer a useful comparison to claims of secret nuclear intelligence on Iran. https://theboard.world/article/taiwan-2027-invasion-myth/ ×2 +1.0
11d ago The Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War begins at Borgo Laudato Si' in Castel. Experts and laureates will engage in critical discussions on these pressing glo… +2.0
11d ago America and intelligence, two words that don't go together. After all it was American intelligence that said Saddam had WMDs, or that Iran was months/weeks/days/minutes away from having nuclear w… ×2 -5.5
11d ago What happens when artificial intelligence meets nuclear weapons? Instability and increased risk. Tristan Harris with @humanetech.bsky.social joined us at the Global Nobel Laureate Summit on AI and… ×2 -5.0
11d ago Rome Declaration: "Unarmed & Disarming Peace in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear & Autonomous Weapons, New Digital Protocols, & Emerging Models of Digi Development" signed 16 July www.va… ×2 +5.5
11d ago "Eighty-one years after the US conducted the world's first nuclear weapons test, the risks posed by nuclear weapons have become more complex with the rise of artificial intelligence-enabled militar… ×2 -4.0
11d ago Reminder: After the #EpsteinWar started the Director of National Intelligence testified “Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was obliterated” contradicting the White House’s claim there was no immine… ×2 -4.5
11d ago Reminder: US intelligence assessed that Iran was not pursuing a nuclear weapon. In 2025 The Director of National Intelligence testified “The IC continues to assess that Iran is not building a nucl… ×2 +3.0
11d ago Nobel laureates sign the Rome Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War. Our coverage of this week's Global Nobel Laureates Assembly coming up in @thebulletin.org. +4.0
11d ago Ambassador Kmentt is attending the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War. The urgency for the abolition of nuclear weapons is compounded by the serious new risk… ×2 +2.0
11d ago US military bases in Australia,courtesy Albanese expanding. And with them our sovereignty. Peter Cronau: “The joint US–Australia intelligence facility at Pine Gap near Alice Springs will be by f… -6.0
11d ago Thiel has said he believes that humankind faces existential threats from nuclear war or runaway artificial intelligence (AI) that could lead to “Armageddon”. In such an end-times era, so the thinki… -5.0
11d ago US intelligence assessments on major nuclear and military threats are explored in this piece on the Taiwan invasion myth. https://theboard.world/article/taiwan-2027-invasion-myth/ -4.0
12d ago Jay Claytons only answer was "I am not going to do this with you". He wants to head National Intelligence. In 1991 part of the deal for Ukraine to leave the USSR with US protection was their destr… -2.0
10d ago Trump's itching to use nuclear weapons. According to Rex Tillerson, he wanted to nuke a hurricane and believed that if we have them, we should use them. ×2 -8.0
11d ago At Chernobyl, their dosimeters at the nuclear power plant were limited in reading the radiation fallout. That limited reading was what the SU spread as actual fallout. Everyone initially believed … -7.0
11d ago [1/10] 2026-07-16 16:52:45 - [Today’s Trump News] 1. Trump recently stated on a program that the United States "may soon" strike at the "Haoshan" underground nuclear facility near Iran's Natanz ura… ×2 -7.0
11d ago I'd ignore the news, even our side has taken the doomer pill because humans are dumb and pessimistic. We've believed nuclear ww3 armogeddon was coming every year and it never did. Some losses will… -8.0
10d ago American and Israeli officials say Trump could order a broader escalation within days. Officials say options under consideration include strikes on Iranian infrastructure, including power plants, a… -8.0
10d ago @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social @arimelber.bsky.social @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social What happens when DJT "accidentally" hits a nuclear site in Iran? 1) They are wiped out … -9.0
10d ago Officials say options under consideration include strikes on Iranian infrastructure, including power plants, and further attacks on nuclear sites to bury Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile deeper un… -8.5

Articles in Story

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The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei more open to develop nuclear weapons, US intel says nuclear_weapons news.az alarming, threatening, urgent
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T3 Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei "far more" likely to seek nuke weapons than father: NYT report nuclear_weapons aninews.in alarming, provocative, worrying
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T3 US Intel says Mojtaba Khamenei more inclined to pursue nuclear weapons nuclear_weapons moneycontrol.com alarming, threatening, urgent
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T3 U.S. Intelligence Believed Iran's Former Supreme Leader Opposed Nuclear Weapons. His Successor May Not ⚖ Contested nuclear_weapons ibtimes.com worrying, tense, ominous
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T3 Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei nuclear_waste calcuttanews.net alarming, toxic, urgent
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T3 Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei nuclear_waste middleeaststar.com alarming, toxic, urgent
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T3 Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei nuclear_international arabherald.com tense, ominous, uncertain
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T3 Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei nuclear_waste newyorktelegraph.com alarming, toxic, urgent
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T3 Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei nuclear_international newyorkstatesman.com influential, scrutinized, consequential
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T3 Iran's New Leader Far More Interested in Nuclear Weapon ⚖ Contested nuclear_weapons politicalwire.com threatening, unsettling, urgent
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T3 U.S. Intel Says Mojtaba 'Far More' Inclined to Seek Nuclear Weapons 📄 nuclear_weapons breitbart.com threatening, alarming, urgent
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T3 Iran's new supreme leader sparks fresh nuclear fears ⚖ Contested nuclear_weapons moneycontrol.com alarming, ominous, threatening
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