What is Iran going to do about its nuclear weapons program?

After all, North Korea s reaction to the Bush administration s policies was to drop out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, restart its nuclear program, and further develop its weapons production. Indeed, it is believed that North Korea during this time increased its stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Iran s emergence as a nuclear weapons state would almost certainly tempt several of the main Sunni Muslim countries (Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia all come to mind) to embark on a crash program to acquire or develop nuclear arms of their own. A Middle East comprising several nuclear weapons states is a recipe for catastrophe.

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The IAEA s tenacity also has smoked out much of Iran s nuclear program, albeit only after an Iranian dissident group disclosed the existence of some of the regime s secret facilities. In early 2003, its onsite presence in Iraq established that Saddam did not have a nuclear weapons program, contrary to the Bush administration s representations.

Model Nuclear Weapons Convention

The nuclear weapons complex

Non strategic nuclear weapons

Nuclear weapons and disarmament

improvements in nuclear weapons by some nuclear weapon states.

In addition, North Korea violated its treaty obligations and exploded two crude devices. Iran s suspected nuclear weapons program has now raised new fears that the global nonproliferation regime may unravel.

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Nuclear Weapons and Related Material

Nuclear Weapons and related material

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Monitoring the nuclear weapons complex

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Nuclear power plants are dangerous, not to mention nuclear weapons.

Recommendations for nuclear disarmament and non proliferation of nuclear weapons .

We must continue practical, systematic and progressive efforts to advance nuclear disarmament globally and reduce nuclear weapons towards a world free of nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapon States should abandon the policy of nuclear deterrence based on first use of nuclear weapons and should reduce the role of nuclear weapons in their national security.

The concept of nuclear weapons free zones as steps towards a nuclear weapons free world was a common theme.

A chemical weapons ban should not be hostage to nuclear weapons.

They discourage non nuclear weapon States from opting for nuclear weapons.

While not all nuclear weapons control agreements concern weapons complexes (for example, the START I Treaty is based on limiting the numbers of deployed strategic nuclear warheads and delivery systems), we address here the main purposes of verifying a nuclear weapons complex in a hypothetical future nuclear weapons agreement.

They reiterate that the development of new types of nuclear weapons is in contravention of the commitments provided by the nuclear weapons States at the conclusion of the CTBT, ensuring that the Treaty would prevent improvement of existing nuclear weapons and the development of new types of nuclear weapons.

Negotiations towards a Nuclear Weapons Convention or a framework of instruments for the complete abolition and elimination of nuclear weapons

Renunciation of the development of nuclear weapons by States without nuclear weapons is counterbalanced by access to cooperation and the commitment by the five nuclear Powers to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.

Of those, seven have nuclear weapons.

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(d) Monitoring the nuclear weapons complex.

A diminishing role for nuclear weapons

The States parties express serious concern that the development of new types of nuclear weapons are being considered by one nuclear weapons State, and reiterated that the provision for the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons against non nuclear weapon States is in contravention of the security assurances provided by the nuclear weapons States.

Nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction should be completely eliminated.

Until the goal of the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons is achieved, nuclear weapon States should commit themselves not to be the first to use nuclear weapons and should undertake unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non nuclear weapon States or nuclear weapon free zones.

proliferation of nuclear weapons technologies by one de facto nuclear capable state

They were designed not to impede Iran s nuclear program directly, but rather to increase the price that Iran s leaders must pay for pursuing their nuclear ambitions. The thinking (or, more accurately, the hope) was that Iran s leadership, if forced to choose between regime survival and nuclear weapons, would choose the former.

The principles of non first use of nuclear weapons and non use and non threat of use of nuclear weapons against non nuclear weapon States were absolutely crucial.

We recognize that the only full guarantee against the use of nuclear weapons would be complete security of nuclear materials and a world free of all nuclear weapons.

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And it also enhances nuclear weapons proliferation.

(c) Reduction of non strategic nuclear weapons