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Nuclear Fatwa Under International Law (book)

2017 book about nuclear weapons

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ105562599 ↗
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Nuclear Fatwa Under International Law (Persian: فتوای هسته‌ای از منظر حقوق بین‌الملل) is a juridical book by Jaber Seyvanizad, published by Supreme Century in 2017. Its subject is "Determining the legal status and dimensions of the Supreme Leader's nuclear-fatwa" through international law". Based on the fatwa (Islamic ruling) of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the use of nuclear weapons is forbidden.

Some items have a central role in the book, namely the "rulings of the International Court of Justice"; resolutions of the United Nations Commission on International Law; and the rules governing the formation of custom in international law.

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The public source identifies “Nuclear Fatwa Under International Law (book)” as 2017 book about nuclear weapons. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nuclear, Fatwa and International.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nuclear, Fatwa and International providing the first useful test.
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