Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.
Iran stands behind a substantial number of terrorist actions against us, together with Hizballah and the Islamic Jihad. It pretends to care for the Palestinians.
There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons.
Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of our interaction with the Muslim world.
Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel.
Well, Israel, obviously, thinks of the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat to Israel.
If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.
Iran is actively pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.
Iran also has an extensive missile development programme. Iranian officials declare that the range of their modified Shahab-3 missiles is 2,000km, putting allied countries such as Turkey, Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria within reach.
Israel is the agent and surrogate of the United States and as such is treated entirely differently from every other country in the region. How can anyone expect Iran to accept that it is right for Israel to have nuclear weapons while itself being disallowed?
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