Ali Motahari: “Our real goal was to build a bomb. No point in denying it.”

Reporter: You mean the goal really was to make an bomb?

Motahari: “Yes. 100%”

Reporter: Whose goal? Certain individuals, or the entire system?

Motahari: “The whole system. Everyone who started this. The real goal was to build a bomb. We had started, and we wanted to go all the way. If we could keep it secret and test the bomb, it would be over. Just like Pakistan. Once we began, we had to finish it.

Reporter: What you’re saying… won’t it affect negotiations?

Motahari: “… the foreigners will eventually find out anyway.”

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