Should Iran Be Allowed Nuclear Power?

• “Yes”

  

  “The United States is Not the World’s Gendarme ”

• “Objection”

  

  “The U.S. Should Do What is Morally Right”
  

The United States is Not the World’s Gendarme

Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

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The United States is not the world’s gendarme to act as the self-declared gate-keeper as to who should or should not be allowed to have nuclear power and, yet, unfortunately this is precisely how the US has behaved toward Iran, by insisting that it should forfeit its “inalienable rights” under the articles of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that permit Iran’s possession of a peaceful nuclear fuel cycle,  

From the prism of international law, however, the legal justification for this unreasonable request by the US and some European governments is simply lacking,(1) no wonder a bulk of the international community that includes the 118 member states of the Non-Aligned Movement has supported Iran’s nuclear rights. Sadly, the issue of Iran’s nuclear program has been politicized by Washington and Tel Aviv and the avalanche of misperceptions often prevent an objective scrutiny of facts from fictions regarding Iran.(2)

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(1) See Afrasiabi, "Security Council and Iran's Legal Rights"

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(2) See Afrasiabi, "Iran, Nuclear Challenges"

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"Yes" Kaveh L Afrasiabi PhD

• The United States is Not the World’s Gendarme
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• There is No "Smoking Gun"
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• The Time Has Come to End the Iran “Nuclear Crisis”
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"Yes" Muhammad Sahimi

• There is No Evidence for a Secret Weaponization Program
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• Exploiting Natural Resources is the Sovereign Right of Any Nation
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• The Correct Question To Be Asked
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• The International Community Must...
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"Yes" Edward Kee

• Nuclear Electricity is Not the Problem
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• Nuclear Weapons are the Problem
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• If Nuclear Power is a Pretext for Nuclear Weapons, Then NO
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"No" US Army War College

• This Question is Misleading
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• Iran Seeks Technologies and Materials Needed to Make Nuclear Weapons
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• Nuclear Program Correlates With Efforts to Build Missile Systems
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• Neither is This Just a U.S. or Even Merely European or Israeli Concern
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"No" Center for the Advancement of Capitalism

• Iran Cannot be Trusted With Any Power
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• Theocracy is a Mortal Threat
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• The Larger Issue at Stake and the Changes Iran Must Make
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• A Response to Muhammad Sahimi
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"No" David Bukay

• The UN Has Become Part of the Problem
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• A State Can Perform Programs Unless it Endangers Peace
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• The Question of Nuclear Iran
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Most Objections

• Iran Seeks Technologies and Materials Needed to Make Nuclear Weapons
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• Exploiting Natural Resources is the Sovereign Right of Any Nation
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• The United States is Not the World’s Gendarme
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Nuclear Power in Iran?

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