The orientalist estimated the probability of Iran's nuclear weapons

Grigory Lukyanov, a researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, estimated the likelihood of Iran developing nuclear weapons.

"There is no consensus on the issue of nuclear weapons yet," he said in an interview with Lenta.Ru on Tuesday, August 4th.

According to the orientalist, the Iranian authorities understand that the creation of nuclear weapons requires huge resources, and it is extremely difficult to implement such a project under sanctions and external pressure. In addition, the expert noted, now a significant part of the country's resources is directed to the development of conventional weapons.

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Experts fear that Ankara and Cairo will follow Riyadh to the nuclear bomb.

On the same day, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Washington's first priority in the Middle East is to resume navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran's renunciation of nuclear weapons remains its main strategic goal.

In late July, The New York Times, citing officials familiar with US intelligence assessments, wrote that Iran was preparing to build nuclear weapons. According to intelligence reports, Iran's new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is much more inclined to develop a nuclear bomb than his father Ali Khamenei, the website writes. kp.ru .

At the same time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, responding to a question from Izvestia, said that sentiments about the need to possess nuclear weapons in a number of countries would grow after the aggression against Iran. According to him, political circles may appear in Iran that will oppose the abandonment of the development of nuclear weapons. He noted that such sentiments are possible due to the belief that only the military component of the nuclear program could protect the country.