Iran's Nuclear Threat
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Iran's Nuclear Threat
Having become one of the most prevalent debates in recent years, Iranian nuclear programs remains as a worrying issue in the world. While American and European officials believe Iran is planning to build nuclear weapons, Iran's leadership says that their goal in developing a nuclear program is to generate electricity without depending on oil supplies. Because of easy transportation and conversion of fossil fuels, many countries still use oil, gas and coal as their main sources of energy. But they are exhaustible resources, and sooner or later they will be depleted. David Peaty (1984) asserted that continued reliance on fossil fuels technology would make countries vulnerable economically in the future. Nuclear energy would be the best alternative source of energy due to large supplies of materials and great power output for long periods of time. Under the terms of Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), signed in July first 1968, which governs nuclear-energy use around the world, any nation can enrich uranium for civilian nuclear-power reactors (Pan, 2005). But some countries take advantage of this treaty to produce nuclear fuel for weapons to reach their terrorist purposes. I think Iran with its new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is one of those countries which try to make nuclear bomb to increase their power in the world and threaten opposing countries. United Nations and other countries should put all their effort to restrain Iran from access to atomic bomb, Otherwise in the near future Iran will turn to a serious threat to the world peace. But what has Iran done to become a threat for the world?
In 2003, previous International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director announced he had discovered that Iran was secretly constructing a facility to enrich uranium-a key component of advanced nuclear weapons-near Natans (Calabresi, 2003). Depending on uranium enrichment level a fuel can be made for both nuclear energy and nuclear-weapons program....
Having become one of the most prevalent debates in recent years, Iranian nuclear programs remains as a worrying issue in the world. While American and European officials believe Iran is planning to build nuclear weapons, Iran's leadership says that their goal in developing a nuclear program is to generate electricity without depending on oil supplies. Because of easy transportation and conversion of fossil fuels, many countries still use oil, gas and coal as their main sources of energy. But they are exhaustible resources, and sooner or later they will be depleted. David Peaty (1984) asserted that continued reliance on fossil fuels technology would make countries vulnerable economically in the future. Nuclear energy would be the best alternative source of energy due to large supplies of materials and great power output for long periods of time. Under the terms of Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), signed in July first 1968, which governs nuclear-energy use around the world, any nation can enrich uranium for civilian nuclear-power reactors (Pan, 2005). But some countries take advantage of this treaty to produce nuclear fuel for weapons to reach their terrorist purposes. I think Iran with its new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is one of those countries which try to make nuclear bomb to increase their power in the world and threaten opposing countries. United Nations and other countries should put all their effort to restrain Iran from access to atomic bomb, Otherwise in the near future Iran will turn to a serious threat to the world peace. But what has Iran done to become a threat for the world?
In 2003, previous International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director announced he had discovered that Iran was secretly constructing a facility to enrich uranium-a key component of advanced nuclear weapons-near Natans (Calabresi, 2003). Depending on uranium enrichment level a fuel can be made for both nuclear energy and nuclear-weapons program....