Article #4 Ayatollah Khamenei Denies Nuclear Weapons Development Claims

Click here to read the BBC News Article 'Iran's supreme leader denies nuclear report claims', from February 19th. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini has told Iranian media outlets that any consternation about the possibility of an Iranian nuclear weapon's program were unwarranted and "baseless", because Iranian beliefs "bar us [Iranians] from using such weapons".
The Ayatollah's statement comes a week after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced at a rally celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, that Iran had successfully made its first batch of 20% enriched uranium. The enriching of uranium to 20% is regarded as a major step in the creation of weapons grade uranium.
Iran's increased and continued insistence that it have its own nuclear program has alarmed the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as the P5+1 (US, UK, China, France, Russia, and Germany).
The P5+1 and the IAEA have threatened further sancions against Iran if the country continues to fail to comply with the United Nations over its nuclear energy program.
The Ayatollah's statement regarding Iran's weapon program coincides with the launch of Iran's first domestically produced destroyer, the Jamaran (named after Ayatollah Khomenei's hometown), the ship is equipped with a variety of weaponry and detection software.
The IAEA plans to discuss Iran's energy program from March 1-5, at a meeting between the agency's 35 members.
This article relates to what we are learning because Iran's continued disregard of warnings from both the UN and IAEA call its legitimacy into question. If Iran continues enriching uranium, more sanctions will likely be placed upon the country, decreasing its legitimacy in the eyes of other country's and well as possibly decreasing the likelihood of reaching an agreement in regards to Iran's energy program.