The New York Times is reporting that US intelligence assesses that the new supreme leader of Iran wants nuclear weapons far more than did his father, who was killed by Israel earlier this year. Here’s what they write:American intelligence agencies believe that Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is far more interested than his father and predecessor in pursuing a nuclear weapon, according to officials briefed on the assessments. While American officials long asserted that Iran wanted to be capable of building a nuclear weapon, many believed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s hesitancy was genuine. His successor has never publicly called for Iran to build a nuclear weapon. A determination that the supreme leader is potentially open to pursuing a bomb would provide additional justification for an escalation.