IRAN POLS FINALLY ADMIT THEY WANT NUCLEAR WEAPONS : IT A NECESSITY MORE IMPORTANT THAN BREAD

What happened: Iranian politicians and hardliners are calling for Iran to drop the Non-Proliferation Treaty and pursue nuclear weapons after a seven-month war with the US and Israel. Key numbers: Seven-month war; support for the bomb rose "from almost zero to more than 50%" after the war began; more than 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium that US officials say was destroyed. Why it matters: Calls increased after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, and his successor Mojtaba Khamenei has not said whether he would deviate from his father's 2005 fatwa against atomic weapons.

Iranian politicians and hardliners are calling for Iran to drop the Non-Proliferation Treaty and pursue nuclear weapons after a seven-month war with the US and Israel.

Calls increased after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, and his successor Mojtaba Khamenei has not said whether he would deviate from his father's 2005 fatwa against atomic weapons.