Iranian lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian renewed his call for a change in Iran's nuclear doctrine on Saturday, a day after urging the country's leadership to authorize the development of atomic weapons.
His remarks followed a statement attributed to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei by Iranian state media, ordering the military to respond to threats without geographic restrictions and expand its list of potential US and Israeli targets.
"Given the threats facing the Iranian nation, I can confidently say that changing the nuclear doctrine is a demand of almost all the Iranian people," Nabavian wrote on X.
"We must respond at the same level at which the enemy attacks us," he added in a separate post.
Nabavian had previously urged Khamenei to authorize building an atomic bomb, a position that would mark a departure from the longstanding ban on nuclear weapons established by his predecessor, Ali Khamenei.