Another fatwa. Another bomb.

Iran's hardline spiritual leaders have issued an unprecedented new fatwa, or holy order, sanctioning the use of atomic weapons against its enemies.

Why would they need to do that?

"When the entire world is armed with nuclear weapons, it is permissible to use these weapons as a counter-measure. According to Sharia too, only the goal is important."Mohsen Gharavian, a disciple of the ultra-conservative Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi, widely regarded as the cleric closest to Iran's new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Now, of course, this might be a cunning trick to raise the stakes and gain a bargaining chip in upcoming negotiations. Then again, it might not.

From The Telegraph. Via Harry.