I mean, the Iranians have had a religious ruling, a fatwa against actually developing a nuclear weapon since 2004. That's been in place since 2004. That's available in the public sphere. But then also, We had no intelligence to indicate that [Iran] were [trading oil for a nuclear weapon]. that fatwa was being disobeyed or it was on the cusp of being lifted. The Iranian strategy, it's actually pretty pragmatic. (30:50–30:53)
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Asserts there was no intelligence indicating Iran was trading oil for nuclear weapons.
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