why iran doesn't have the right to have nuclear weapons and israel does?
610896
Actually Iran does have a small Jewish population and Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program.
673737
Both India and Pakistan have tested nuclear weapons by denotating them underground, so there is little doubt that they have "the bomb".\n\nIsrael on the other hand has never actually tested any weapons, although there is little doubt that they do possess them, although it is not clear just how many they have or how big they are.\n\nIran is a different kettle of fish, as none of the above countries have ever advocated using them unless attacked, unlike Iran, whose supreme Ayatollah has already stated publicly that Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth.\n\nIran has stated that it wants to develop nuclear power stations (a basic requirement for building a nuke) in order to help reduce a reliance on oil, a stange thing since the country has the 4th largest oil reserves in the world !!!\n\nThere is no doubt that Iran wishes to build a nuclear bomb, with which to threaten it's neighbours, and possible to use against Israel.\n\nUnlike other countries, which don't wish to be excluded from the rest of the civillized world, Iran is still out in the cold and refuses to acknowledge any of it's duties and responsibilities, hence it doesn't care what the rest of the World thinks.\n\nThe same is true for North Korea, hence the conrcern over these two countries.\n\nBoth are extremely unstable and any nuclear weapons they possess might not be used as a deterent against attack, but might be used to "strike first" at another country.\n\nOther nuclear powers have already agreed not to use such weapons unless attacked - neither Iran nor North Korea have signed up to this agreement. \n\nBasically, you wouldn't place your John Bobbit in the hands of a lunatic with a pair of scissors, so why trust Iran with nuclear weapons ?   Just doesn't make sense.
13762
1. Iran didn't threaten Israel, the Iranian president said it should be wiped off map, and it doesn't mean anything, and is just a slogan.\n2. Israel won't dare attacking Iran, cause it knows how much military power iran has. If the war happens it would be some thing like the war between Iraq and Iran. All the western and Arabic countries supported Iraq, but Iran relied on it's people and won the war, even though it ended with a peace agreement, every one knows the winner of that war was Iran.\n3. Western countries won't let Israel attack Iran. Iran is one of the world's biggest suppliers of oil. The price of oil is currently about 60 dollars, with a war the price is going to be about 80-90 dollars, and it would cause unrecoverable damages to the economy of western countries.\n4. Iran is much larger than Israel and has a bigger and stronger army. The power of the armies of both countries almost matches up in air force, and navy. But iran has a much stronger Army. Israel is small so if Iran target Israel with missle, Israel will experience unrecoverable damages. But Israel can't target Iran with missles, and if it does it can't make that much of a damage.( Note the new anti missle and aircraft systems Iran bought from Russia, which covers the entire western parts of Iran.) \n5. There are alot of american forces around Iran that if Israel attacks and U.S. supports it, Iran can easily hit them. \n6. Iran has alot of allies around Israel. Syria, Lebanon, and even Palestine.\n7. People of Iran fully support it in war, even if they hate their government, the spirit of Iranians is that they won't let any foreign person or country rule over them, and as they did in the war between Iran and Iraq they will fully support their country in the war.\n8. God is with Iranians. Iranians have a strong faith in god, and with that faith they can do anything.\n9. I would definately take the side of Iran. Iran has the best and most reasonable democracy and system of government in the world. Israel is not a legal state, and has never been.
154004
You ask a question so twisted in meaning that it is hard to figure out how to give an answer that is meaningful to the question.  The U.S. has had very little to trust about the government that Iran has had since 1979.  Iran has expressed the desire to drive Israel out of the Middle East, Iran has sponsored events that call the Holocust of the 1930's and 40's as being a myth, and indeed something that did not happen.  This Myth is supposedly been used to create the state of Israel in 1948.  Part of Irans political agenda is for the destruction of Israel.  The President of Iran states that Israel should be moved to either Germany or the U.S.  I do not understand why they should be Germany's problem if there was no Holocust, and the thought is to return them to the U.S. where they came from, however the Jewish people have been around for over 6,000 years and America has only been populated by the "Old World" for the past 500 years.  The land of Israel and/or Palistine is mentioned in the Bible written long before the Muslim Religion was founded some 700 or so years later.  Why is it so hard for Iran to understand that with their background based in hatered of other people's of the world that the U.N. would want to monitor the peaceful use of Nuclear Power that Iran wants to develope.  How can they not see that the world will not trust that their intentions are not merely peaceful after their history which is an open book.  It is important to the free world to monitor the use of Nuclear Materials and maintain a strict inventory of them.  I hope that this answer has covered all the double talk that your question has posed.
678163
well fo sure ........nobody knows. but the most likely reason can be to gain international respect vis-a-vis united states as it happened in the case of india . also to have a dominating position in the midle east given its complex geopolitical situation and also have an upper hand with respect to israel. dont forget israel also has nuclear weapons but nobody is concerned about that.........
644008
In my view,Iran is as entitled to develop a nuclear program just as much as anybody else,regardless of whether it's for energy or military use.Iran has a hostile neighbour that is bristling with nuclear weapons,so who can blame them if they're trying to develop an effective defence system.Israel is a country which is founded and run according to religious fundamentalism and in my view they are the most likely to be the protagonists for the next nuclear war but nobody is prepared to try to disarm them or halt any nuclear research and development.I am from the czech Republic by the way.
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This is all very convenient and farcical. You have the most belligerent nation on the planet, the only one that has used nukes in the past, the one that has the capability to destroy the world many times over, behaving like an empire telling nations what they should or should not do.\nThe assumption that other nations who may want nuclear weapons are "crazy" serves as the rationale for not allowing them to have them.\nIf you paint your adversary like a nut job bent on destroying Israel then everything you do or say will be justified.\nI don't particularly like Iran, a theocratic dictatorship, but one must remember that the primary goal of any dictatorship is to stay in power. Iran knows very well that if they would use nukes on anyone, let alone Israel, they would be wiped off the map.\nThe same reasoning was valid for Saddam's Iraq.\nThe last thing a fledgling dictator like him could have wanted was to create a case for being removed. That's why the alarm by the US govt that Iraq was a threat are ludicrous.\nBut people get easily drunk on propaganda.
89278
Free Speech comes to mind when talking about that little cartoon---Why can't the nation of Islam just roll w/ it? They were'nt up in arms about any Jesus cartoons (and there were many) No, Wash., DC is still the capitol of USA, it's just that Israel deserves the rite to a "nuclear" deterrent since every country bordering them and beyond has their annilation on their political agenda! There are lots of countries that refuse to acknowledge Israel for what reason? We know that Israel will not use "nukes" for instigating purposes---Iran, being unstable and hostile to others, poses a threat to anybody that does not see things their way...no diplomacy just the nature of the beast!
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Will Israel Strike Iran? I f they feel threatened enough, Yes. They have never  been one to wait and see. Will they use the Nuclears? Not unless they are hit with Nuclears first. Israel has had Nuclear Capability since the 70s.\nWill Iran strike with Nuclears?  No,because they then would be a target for retaliation from the U.S.\n\nWho is the threat ? North Korea, their economy is in the tank,  Their leader  is delusional and wants to rule the world. Their leader doesn't seem to care whether  the populace lives or dies.     What have they got to lose?
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Before you make a bigger fool of yourself I suggest you take the time to actually study enough international law to know what you are talking about.\n\nUnless Israel signs the NPT they are not bound by it and it is the NPT and only the NPT which prevents signatories which are not yet nuclear powers from acquiring nuclear weapons.\n\nTherefore Israel is NOT violating international law.
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of course they have the right to self defence.\nIf they get attacked they should react with total force. I am sick of countries like Israel bombing and killing innocent civilians and pretending its self defence.\nThe whole Iraq war was a favour to Israel.\nThese people have to realise that one day they may lose a war and the way they behave at the moment will incite terrible retribution which will make the Holocaust seem like a picnic. I genuinely hope this does not happen but their policies at the moment are just not sustainable. There are plenty of decent Jewish people in the world, its time for them to be heard and reign in their murderous government.\nThe 'Peace Now' movement is their only hope.\nAlso dont kid yourself that Iran wont be able to build a nuke if we bomb them. China and Russia are close friends of theirs and have nukes aplenty.
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No. Iran's radical theocrats want a nuclear weapon. (It gnaws at them that Israel has nuclear weapons. It is Israel's nuclear weapons that have deterred attacks from her neighbors.) They have no legitimate need for nuclear energy. They have more than enough oil to cover their energy needs. They use the excuse of a "right" to nuclear technology to drum up support among Iranians for the government (which is otherwise disliked/hated by the majority of Iranians). \n\nIran is stalling for more time to strengthen their bargaining position. (They've done fairly well for themselves thus far. The talks have been ongoing for three years now.) So far they haven't overly miscalculated, but that doesn't mean the world's patience isn't wearing thin. What happens next is up to Iran. Russia and China won't be able to perpetually block meaningful efforts within the UN to address the problem.\n\nI don't think the US will attack Iran's nuclear facilities, but I wouldn't be surprised if Israel did so. Contrary to what many think, Israel will do what they feel is in their best interests whether or not the US condones it. What will the fallout be? Not much. There will be condemnations from Arab and Muslim governments, but the Iranians have two things against them. They aren't Arabs, and they aren't Sunnis.
418886
It is bad that any country has atomic bombs. As of now, it is not proven Iran has atomic weapons, it is only proven they have enriched uranium.
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Iran has right to have nuclear peaceful power stations and research on atomic energy.\n\nThe world has some facilities to achieve out facts, such as "United Nation" and "International Atomic Energy Agancy".\nSo Iran lets them to do a lot of researches about its ability and goals.\n"IAEA" inspectors have done a lot of inspects in all of places where they wants, even military stations.\n\n> Iran is one of "IAEA" members for a long time (about 30 years) and always observe all of international rules, So Iran has certain right to do research on atomic technology and make some nuclear power stations depend on "IAEA" rules for research and produce electricity.\n\n>> Iran can't trust to other countries for giving it nuclear fuels. In the past they didn't faithful in their promise and agreements. North Korea is an example. They promise them to give them light-water power station and fuel but they (US and Western countries) didn't do it. Thus Iran can't trust to unfaithful countries.\n\n>>> In the other hand, Israel has more than 250 nukes and this country is a dangerous threating for its neighbours continuously.\nIsrael isn't one of members of "IAEA" and inspectors can't inspect Israel.\n--> Remember "Dimona" and that technician "Vanono", It is just one of secret places which Israel has.\n\nActually, Israel and US are big threats for all of independent countries on the whole of world.
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The Iranian president should mind what he is saying and to who he Say's it to Israel is under no ones thumb and there are not to many other countries that could stop Israel doing a Preemptive first strike on Iran. and also saying things that  are what is making the west so nervous about Iran having Nuclear power.
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No-one can stop Iran developing peaceful nuclear power ; they have every right to it.\nAfter that, if the U.S. continues to bug them to the extent that they feel threatened by it and by Israel, then they will have every right to develop nuclear weapons for self-defence.  In fact they already have this right, as does every country on earth, except the Vatican (which we'll have to call the Vatican't) because it would be unChristian.
351976
Iran is an unstable, extremist government who consistently make comments about wiping it's neighbors off the map.  That country can not be allowed to have a nuke.  For those of you who think that since the USA has nuke all countries should be ALLOWED to have nukes I wonder if you would feel the same if one was dropped on your mom's house or boyfriend, girlfriend, dad  or grandmother.  Sooner or later Iran will have the ability to launch a nuke on the USA.  Remember they are a Muslim country and they believe that people of all other religions should convert or die.