An Iranian Bomb And The Stink Of American Intervention

Abstract

This paper examines the fundamental right of the Iranian nation to carry out the development of their nuclear program by presenting a series of arguments. It highlights the misguided intentions of the primary countries engaged in opposition to Iran’s nuclear program, i.e USA, and Israel. It delineates the importance of Iran having it’s own nuclear program by referring to arguments made by scholars such as Kenneth Waltz, and aims to depict the inherently flawed nature of postulations that suggest Iran’s obtaining nuclear weaponry is detrimental to the Middle East and the world, and therefore US sanctions are essential to pressure them to abandon the program. It cements the notion that US opposition is primarily, in the simplest terms, based on a need to bully the nation for mercenary purposes. The central, pro-nuclear stance of this paper is supplemented with relevant sections that address various facets of counter arguments, leading up to the final conclusion which asserts the importance of not only clearing a path for Iran’s nuclear program but implementing damage control by making reparations for the economic losses the nation has incurred as a direct result of the international response to the nuclear program.