Aspen
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I doubt that Khamenei himself is very much against nuclear weapons although the statements he made in the past shows that he is kinda against it. I am sure he can be convinced though, with solid arguments of why and how this will benefit Iran in the long term he can be convinced but i doubt the IRGC high ranking command made a effort for that and the blame is on them too. In any way, the IRGC also has failed to convince Khamenei or the lack of effort, the end result is the same. IRGC has also failed.
I think Khamenei is just getting in tune with the traitor reformists who are doing everything in their power to take away Iran's nuclear program. Rest assured that there are people in the IRGC that want to make nuclear weapons and there are also those who oppose such a move. For now, the power is in the hands of those who want Iran to be nuclear free- same policy dictated by arrogant powers. Khamenei should do exactly the opposite of what the West wants.
@Aspen let me add that we also do not know what is exactly going on. Perhaps Khamenei and the IRGC already tried to go for the nuclear weapons but betrayal and reformist surge put a hold on that. Add massive Western pressure to that as well and it might become a feasible scenario.
Generally the situation with Iran is pretty similar to Pakistan in that it took a major wake up call in 1971 war when East Pak got cut off for gov't to wake up and finally realize that Pakistan needed a nuke, and from 1971 foward, getting a nuke became number 1 priority of every single Pakistani PM until they conducted Chagai-1 nuclear test.
If anything good came out of Soleimani's assassination, maybe it was that this was the wake up call Khameini needed to be convinced that Iran needs a nuke and make it a top priority going forward. Iranians will not forget Soleimani and getting nukes would be a good way to honor his legacy and get the last laugh over US. Tolerating more US and Israeli sabotage is not worth the trouble just to avoid sanctions. If you have a nuke, you already have sanctions but then at least then Iran won't have to deal with new sabotage every week. Even if Khameini doesn't go for nukes, his successor will. There was virtually no opposition to getting nukes in Pakistan after 1971 loss of East Pak which is why I am a bit surprised that some people in Iran still resist the idea of nukes and would even consider the idea of going back to JCPOA after Soleimani.