 Gareth Porter anoti kuongororwa kweFatwa yaKhamenei kwakakanganiswa kwete chete nekuti basa re muchengeti wezvemitemo muhurongwa hwezvematongerwo enyika hweIran harinzwisiswe zvizere, asiwo nekuti nhoroondo yeFatwa yaKhamenei haina kufungwa nezvayo. Anotaurawo kuti kuti anzwisise nhevedzano yeIran yokuva nezvombo zvenyukireya, munhu anofanira kunongedzera kuchiitiko chenhau mukati mehondo yayo yamakore masere neIraqizvo zvinotsanangura chikonzero nei Iran isina kumboshandisa zvombo zvemakemikoro kurwisa Iraq apo yaitsvaka kutsiva nokuda kwokurwiswa kweIraq uko kwakauraya vanhu veIran 20 000 uye kwakakuvadza zvikuru vamwe 100 000. Porter anoti chokwadi ichi chinoratidza zvakasimba kuti Iran yakarambidza zvirokwazvo kugadzira zvombo zvemakemikari uye zvenyukireya uye yakadzika midzi. 