Story HighlightsIran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has said nuclear weapons are forbiddenPresident Obama referred to Khamenei's statement as a religious ruling, a fatwaThe alleged prohibition is not listed on Khamenei's official fatwa website. Iran says its supreme leader's letters and speeches denouncing nuclear weapons count as religious edicts, or fatwas, prohibiting their use and stockpiles and backing up a claim of the White House. Alireza Miryousefi, chief spokesman for Iran's mission to the United Nations, provided to USA TODAY an April 2010 letter to the International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament that he said shows that Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, did issue a fatwa against nuclear weapons. Carmon said Khamenei's statements against nuclear weapons are not listed on Khamenei's official fatwa site, which lists hundreds of fatwas.
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