Our president, Barack Obama, has said over and over that Ali Khamenei, the “supreme leader” of Iran, has issued a “fatwa” that prohibits Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Okay. Then what are we negotiating about? He’s the supreme leader, isn’t he?

In recent days, Mojtaba Zolnour, Khamenei’s deputy representative to the Revolutionary Guards, has declared, “The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has divine permission to destroy Israel. The noble Koran permits the Islamic Republic of Iran to destroy Israel.”

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, quoted these words in a speech delivered at a ceremony commemorating V-E Day. For some reason, he’s interested.

Maybe Iran intends to destroy Israel with BB guns — Bibi guns — and not nukes? Maybe Iran has divine permission to destroy Israel, but declines? “Thanks, Allah, all the same.”

I really think that Obama should be straight with us about Iran’s intentions — if, in fact, he is clear on them himself.