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title: "Former IRGC Minister General Mohsen Rafighdoost: We Produced Chemical And Biological Weapons"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:15:28+00:00"
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#  Former IRGC Minister General Mohsen Rafighdoost: We Produced Chemical And Biological Weapons

 Written by Zoe Rutherford on 10 February 2025.

<https://www.memri.org/> published an interview with former IRGC Minister General Mohsen Rafighdoost, which states that Rafighdoost "explained that he established groups to manufacture various weapons, including chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. While Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini instructed him not to create an atomic bomb, Rafighdoost confirmed that they did produce chemical and biological weapons.

The full interview can be read and watched here https://www.memri.org/reports/former-irgc-minister-general-mohsen-rafighdoost-we-produced-chemical-and-biological-weapons

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