what are objectives behind iran`s nuclear power?
375343
They will be in a better position to bargain whether they use it or not. It would be pretty stupid to blow up Isreal and stupid people are not planning this.
40320
No it isn't.  As the Iran's government repeated times and times Iran Nuclear program is peaceful and  just for producing energy & researching issues,
279890
1. The "ambition" of Iran developing its nuclear prorgam is:\n\n   a. Develop nuclear weapons. In all likelyhood North Korea is/will be helping them in this endeavor...since Iran helped N.K. develop their Taepo-Dong ICBMs. They would be developing such capnilities because:\n\n     (1) Be a significant power in the region.\n     (2) Deter Sunni led countries from thinking about \n         trying to fight them.\n     (3) Send a message to the USA..."Your days of being \n         the top dog are nearing an end.\n   \n    b. Develop nuclear power as an energy means. They could also sell excess power to neigboring countries.  \n\n2. "Iran got the itch to become a nuclear power so it too, can be a big player on the world stage. Because of its religious fanaticism, it would be a dangerous and unstable participant in this very exclusive club".\n  Thats the problem... such stereotypical and biased comments (whether racial, relogious, cultural) show the world how arrogant some can be... and with such an "in your face" attitude it is little wonder why many countries no longer support us. Think about this statement for a moment... if you were another country what would you think?\n\n3. "Russia is certainly not a trusted player in this scenario, nor is China. If we are to maintain our status as a true world leader, we cannot allow this unstable, dangerous and troublesome country to gain any more momentum than it already has." \n   Unless we can trust other nations we might as well lock ourselves up and hide. Todays world is all about GLOBALIZATION.. where countries work together. Also, bullying other nations in order to maintain "our status as a true world leader"  is not being a leader...its just being a bully and does nothing but again but show how insecure we are. A "true" world leader means bringing nations together and working for democracy of all.\n\n4. Also, if there's any country which DEFINATELY should not have nuclear capability its North Korea... a more significant threat than Iran. Yet, whats been our policy to deter this? Give them more rice and m$$$y, then after a few months they are back at it... and so it goes...on and on. The bottom line is we should definately have smoked these jokers years ago when we drove them behind the 38th parallel and into China...now we have some nut running their country. And this is okay?\n\n5. Unless we're willing to spend the next 20-30 years fighting wars with the likes of China, Iran, North Korea and others we feel should not have nuclear capabilities...and losing several tens-of-thousands of US lives... then we need to find a way to bring them into the fold peacefully.
427986
Why should we tell Iran what to do.\nWe should just leave them alone.\nIt's there choice to decide what to use nuclear power for.
495522
they have economic interests there. they do alot of business with iran and dont want to create enemies.
633458
About what in regards to Iran?? The people? The tyranical regeime in charge? The oil? The economic condition? The outlook?
515190
Yes, they do.  But Iran claims it is for generating electricity.  If they had no oil and needed power generation, they would have all the rights to do it.  Problem is that they have millions of barrels of oil and reserves.
145148
I think so. Iran is wanting nuclear weapons. They should live under the same rules as everyone else.
602686
you don't understand the situation. US believes Iran will use it's nuclear technology to build nuclear weapons. Iran is using it for energy and Iran is allowing UN to inspect it's nuclear facilities. Only why there is a controversy is because US believes Iran will attack Israel with nuclear weapons and US is putting on the pressure to make sure Iran does not have any nuclear weapons.
779771
Nice ideal, but absolutely impossible. If I was an Iranian Leader, I wouldn't even think about it until I saw several American leaders convicted & successfully impeached. He is well aware our leaders speak with forked tongues.\n\nBy the way, what about this alleged nuclear weapons development? Is it any more real than what was in Iraq? It's the same people saying it, folks. Think. They were never found in Iraq because they never existed. You can hide a bomb, or several bombs, where they are difficult to find. Not true for the facilities that make them. Iran has a facility to enrich uranium for power plants.But nothing has been found suggesting bomb grade uranium, or the facilities to make it. And they are under constant inspection. think.
148306
Why does Iran, one of the largest producers of oil in the world need nuclear energy?  They should stop trying to make nuclear weapons.
1017423
We needed Iran then to create an environment for us to sell weapons to Iran and Iraq. We need Iran now as a problem to keep the weapons eceonomy moving again.
523367
Nuclear energy is very cost efficient if it is used carefully obviously.  However everyone knows that Iran is not interested in nuclear energy for just energy alone.  They want to be a bigger fish in the pond so to speak.  I think that some of the radicals in Iran would not hesitate to drop a nuke on Israel or the United States.
638789
now .. haven't you opened a can of worms ?!?!?!?\nit is a tough one, mainly because NO ONE can say whether or not there's actually a military (bomb-making) aspect to the "nuclear ambition". \nConstruction of the nuclear power plants in Iran started many years ago, long before the mullahs came to power ... so it's not as if this is something new that the current regime has suddenly come up with. In that sense, and since there is no "proof" of any malicious ;) activity, I personally don't see why not complete power plants on which millions and millions have been spent already. But then again : is there an atomic bomb hiding behind the facade? I don't know ... you don't know ... Bush doesn't know ... the IAEA doesn't know. To be fair, I would say all "countries" are "innocent" unless PROVEN otherwise.
132477
Interesting question.  \n\nOn the one hand, the US and other nations rightly perceive Iran as a threat, and don't want Iran to have the power to build nuclear power plants, as this could lead to nuclear weapons.\n\nOn the other hand, Iran rightly perceives the US as a threat, and the Iranian leadership is responding to that with tough talk, and refusal to back down.  Which then feeds into other countries perceiving Iran as a threat, and it's a vicious circle.\n\nPersonally, I'm not sure what to say.  I don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons, and it would be hard for them to have nuclear power plants without getting access to nuclear weapons technology.  The proposal that Russia refine the uranium that is used in Iranian power plants completely misses the point of the issue, which is independenc/autonomy.  \n\nUnfortunately, I think the short-term answer is a lot of behind-the-scenes diplomacy, ending in face-saving measures for all sides, and a lot of backing down.  Perhaps something like Iran stops trying to develop nuclear power, and other nations help them develop sustainable, clean energy from other sources.  Bet solar panels would be very effective over there.  In private, meanwhile, Western nations would perhaps agree to stop developing new nuclear power plants or nuclear weapons, and claim publically some other reason.  It sounds like we're giving up a lot there, but really we're only giving up things that put us at danger anyway, because it's impossible to make a nuclear plant _completely_ safe from terrorist attack, and the development of new nuclear weapons just leads to proliferation.
573540
Its a game for Iran, they are buying time, noone wants to take the time and resources to take military action against them, they will be nuking israel soon, then WWIII
253985
If iran is heading for Nuclear power,then the reason is basically to start thinking of ways to produce alternate energy.They know it very well that Oil is not gonna stay there forever and now is the time,though already late but not too late,to start initiating a different source.And,its also to notice that<u just cant use the nuclear energy instantly,u have go through all the tests that goes on for years finally b4 you are actually using the product commercially.US has its own reserve of oil which is biiiig as well,but they prefer to finish off the reserve of the rest of the world first with its monopoly themes and will start rigging full fledged then.Imposing a threat alarm on Iran is nothing but gathering the world opinion to go for a war and start selling stock pile of new weapons and buying oil from Iran with lower price when UN imposes sanction after the first stage of battle finishes.US has created the environment just like the british did when they were the masters of the universe.