NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN IRAN

Joey Camarda

Limiting Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

According to Chuck Goodwin, by the years of quote “2006 and 2008, the United Nations Security Council passed four resolutions calling for Iran to cease its nuclear program. This required the US to get Russia and China to join in supporting the limiting of Iran's nuclear ambitions” end quote.

Israel-Iran War

According to Beverly Ballaro, the Iranian nuclear program needs to be checked constantly because quote “if Iran's nuclear ambitions are allowed to go forward unchecked by rigid economic and political restrictions, the odds are high that the Israeli military will carry out a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities” end quote.

According to Beverly Ballaro, The United States must be the one who help protect quote “the governments of countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia could be subjected to intense domestic pressure to also become nuclear-armed Islamic nations” end quote.

According to Beverly Ballaro, The Iranian government would help greatly with the quote “ongoing nuclear threats of North Korea's totalitarian regime continue to hold a swathe of Asia hostage to North Korean demands, placing increasing pressure on the US and its allies, most notably Japan. In a similar way, Iran's possession of nuclear weapons would increase the country's leverage in regional and international affairs” end quote.

Iran’s Claim

According to Christina Dendy, there has been no evidence of nuclear weapons in Iran because quote “in 2007, the US National Intelligence Estimates, federal documents formulated by all sixteen US intelligence agencies, stated that no evidence had been found that Iran was either overtly producing nuclear weapons technology or attempting to convert its nuclear power facilities to weapons development” end quote.

The Threat of War

According to Beverly Ballaro, the threat of nuclear war is much greater if Iran is able to enrich Uranium-235 to a high enough percent because quote “some Iranian officials have publicly stated that a nuclear war would effectively wipe Israel off the map while only inflicting minimal damage to Muslim nations in the region” end quote.