Does Iran have a right to make nuclear weapons?
929110
If the question is about rights then yes... whether not the world will let them is a different story.\n\nIran has every right to enrich uranium for 'energy' purposes because it is a member of the NPT (Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty) and in compliance with the IAEA standards. These guarantee this right as long Iran stays within certain guidelines.\n\nIronically, Bush told India, who has refused to sign the NPT, they could enrich uranium. This creates a very complicated dilemma.\n\nAdditionally, if you examine Iran's history, Iran has no history of aggression but rather of defense. Iran has also held to all regulations of the NPT to include full access to all uranium enrichment sites to all U.N. inspectors.\n\nThere is no evidence to support restricting Iran's right to enrich uranium in order to obtain nuclear energy. Also, keep in mind, Israel has nuclear weapons.\n\nNow with all that said, how do I feel about it? I am not comfortable with Iran having any nuclear capability whatsoever. That is why I fully support Russia's offer to Iran to let them use their nuclear enrichment sites in reaching the targeted material for nuclear power.\n\nThis way, Iran gets nuclear energy but does not have the capability of enriching uranium.\n\nWhy am I uncomfortable with Iran having this capability? It is not because I feel they are a threat. And it is not that I believe Iran would secretly develop nuclear weapons. It is my fear that Iran is too closely related to organizations that want to do us and Israel harm and I am afraid this technology might fall in the wrong hands.
508487
Yes. We would be happy to see the Iranians set off a nuclear bomb in their country. (Their country being Iran)
583432
Well of COURSE they do have the right!! Not only for nuclear power either - literally speaking they are entitled to have nuclear weapons to protect themselves from Bush & Israel. But they are not TRYING to build weapons! They want power! And who the hell do Bush & Blair etc. think they are, to try and DENY an independent country of it's rights!???!\n\nIran has done nothing to warrant this hostility, except to develop ... as all countries do! Even America is constantly trying to develop! Why should Bush have the right to hold back the rest of the world? Arrogance!! That's what it is!\n\nBush; "We are scared of you, and because of that we will destroy you - even though you haven't actually DONE anything wrong! We're scared that maybe one day you might break our toys, or refuse to sell us oil ... so we'll bloody well break you down so that we can CONTROL you!!!"\nAhmadinejad; "For pity's sake man! We aren't trying to harm anyone ... can't you SEE that? Why do you insist on behaving like a spoilt child? What makes you think that you have the RIGHT to order us around? Just because you're so deluded that you think God speaks to you!!!"
482955
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.
1028525
Iran has right to has been nuclear peaceful power stations and researching on atomic energy.\n\nThe world has some facilities to achieve out facts, such as "United Nations" and "International Atomic Energy Agency".\nAlso 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 wanted, even military stations.\n\n> Iran is one of "IAEA" members for a long time and always observe all of international rules, So Iran has right to doing research on atomic technology and make some nuclear power stations depend on "IAEA" rules for researching and producing 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 good sample. They promise them to giving 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 neighbors continuously.\nIsrael wasn't / isn't one of members of "IAEA" and inspectors couldn't / can't inspect Israel's power stations.\n\n--> Remember "Dimona power station" and that technician "Vanono", this is just one of secret places that Israel has.\n\nActually, Israel and US are big threats for all of independent countries also for the worldwide peace.
145148
I think so. Iran is wanting nuclear weapons. They should live under the same rules as everyone else.
443268
iran deserves nuclear weapons?\n\nare you retarded?
92919
If its peaceful, then they have the right, if it is for weapons, why can the US have it and not Iran? AND DON'T GIVE ME THE WHOLE YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM BS!!
624976
If you must ask short sighted questions, then you can't see beyond the end of your nose.  Iran is a radical country that cannot be trusted.  This is true in any country where Islam rules.  To allow an Islamic state to have nuclear arms to threaten it's neighbors, would surely  draw unpredictable reactions.\n\nAs it is Pakistan has nuclear weapons, fortunately their government has treated this fact responsibly.  Iran, on the other hand, with the president they have today, would not be a candidate for the Nobel Peace prize.  So, your goose and gander example just won't fly.  The fact is, nobody wants Iran to have nuclear power and that includes country's that do and do not themselves, have nuclear bombs.  While you are pointing the finger, point it not just at the US, point it at all civilized nations.\n\nThose same nations do not believe or trust Iran regarding it's intentions for nuclear power.  If they did trust Iran,there would be no issue here.  The fact is, most of the world believes that Iran wants  nuclear weapons capabilities.  So, unless you know more than most nations of the world, perhaps you should think twice before you declare what Iran's intentions are regarding this matter.
673053
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.
401042
Well Britain , Australia , the US have shown that they\nare responsible with their nukes and will not use them to kill million of people however Iran is different. The President of Iran had said that Israel should be wiped off the face of the planet> I don't know about you but I don't trust nuclear technology to a person who goals is to wipe another country out of existence.He had apparently said that the world will end in three years and his goal is to bring chaos and destruction to the world to bring about \nthe reign of a Muslim prophet . This Prophet will make the world an Islamics world- Can you trust a guy who said all that with nukes??\n\n there a different process to transform Uranium to\nuse for Power than for weapon . the problem is that Iran\nrefused Russia offer to enrich Uranium for them to make sure it wont be used for WMD. .This is a compromise agreed on by the UN to let Iran have nuclear power for energy consummation. Why? the obvious reason is the want nuclear grade uranium for WMD.
499177
Like it or not, Iran and North Korea are not allowed to have nuclear weapons because an alliance of nations (namely the UN and NATO) have passed restrictions against thier developing of such weapons... That being said, I do (and any reasonable person should) think it is AT LEAST a little hypocritical that we attempt to disarm the world, and yet spend record amounts to arm ourselves (we, as in the the US)... I do agree with you that Bush (at the moment) is a far greater threat to world peace (like him or not, actions are louder than words), than any two nations combined... What angers me is that we are trying to stop Iran from developing nuclear power... they have the legal right to develop nuclear power under the UN, but also must submit themselves to inspection (something they have refused to do)... but, keep in mind that the US openly has a nuclear weapons program, and only a small fraction of it is "visable" to the UN (despite what the politicians say)... With ALL of the above being said, if Iran would openly submit to inspection, I would not be against their RIGHT to develop peaceful nuclear energy (note that all US nuclear POWER facilities are open for inspection)... as for nuclear weapons, it is my firm belief that if one country wishes to disarm another peacefuly, it must do so its self... that is not to say we should completely disarm our nuclear stockpile, as this would create an imbsalance between us, and other world powers (namely China and Russia)... I do know for a fact, that a nuclear (weapons) Iran is a danger to the world, in particular, the US, Europe, and its neigbors... really it is a far more complicated issue than it seems on the surface, and WAY more complicated than our political leaders (and those of other nations) want us to believe. Sanctions (economic, and material) have been proposed (against Iran), but I believe, that given our fragile economic state, imposing such sanctions, would be the economic equivelent of "kicking ourselves in the (censored by yahoo)", and would therefore most likely fail quicly, or WE would face the consequences of economic recesion (thus succeeding in punishing ourselves!?!)... most politicians are playing this economic impact down, and I fear that our government may start bombing Iran soon (much like Iraq under Clinton)... now I know you asked to minimize the "Bush bashing", but I just gotta get it out of my system... It is my thought that the war-monger, chickenhawk, ideological, neofacist, Bushite, republican morons (notice I insulted republicans, and not conservatives, as they are not always one and the same), will drag us into another unecisary conflict... now that I've got that out of my system... I just am not sure what is the BEST solution (or if there is a "best" solution), but I know what we certainly shoudn't do, and I fear we will do it anyways...\n\nto directly answer your question, we are alowed to have a say, only because of our size, and military might, if Iran had these two factors over us, (they were the super power), THEY would be telling US what to do... it's not right, but such struggles between human powers/groups/factions have been going on since the begining of humanity... and will probably go on until humanity is gone... I hate to say it (and as a member of the human race, I am ashamed to), but nothing has changed, same concepts, just different weapons, and different names... same old desires, fortune, land, and power... don't think about it too hard, or you'll wind up like me... the sad thing is majority is power, and in this world, the individule has little say, something I recognize, but never really like to believe...\n\nAnyways, sorry for the long, drawn out, boring rant, but it is a complicated issue, like I said, don't stress about it to mutch.\n\n*************************************\nNever fear "marty barber", I am 100% sure that a good portion of your people are hypo
38699
A country like Iran that has pursued nuclear weapons and long-range rockets and has vowed to destroy a Democracy (Israel) should not be trusted, noteven with materials that could be used to further their nefarious aims.  Would they even hesitate to supply such weapons to terriorists?  Do you want to take that chance?  Just having nuclear WMD would allow them to intimidate their neighbors.  No one would dare try to stop them from equipping even more suicide bombers or organizing the powers on earth that have no regard for innocent human life, including yours.
327106
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.
653608
Well nor does Iran have any nuclear weapons and nor is anyone claiming that they do so.All the countries of the world are worried about Iran's Uranium enrichment program which is a prelude to developing nuclear weapons technology.And rest assured Bush is not dumb he does not think Iran has nuclear missiles he is only concerned that it may develop the same in the near future.
703806
Do they have the right? \nThe nuclear weapons is a danger to the wealth of this world.(It is said that they can destroy the world inumerous times) But, more and more, we see an increasing trend of evil politicians in USA allowing it to be constructed at an ever increasing rate. Do they have the right to threat the world just because it lies mainly within their border? They are proving to be incapable, but the rest of the world seems powerless to stop the destruction their greed is causing! Can we trust the political will of the USA people to clean up their government and start to protect what many feel belongs to us all (the world)?
395076
Iran signed the NPT, (Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty) by signing that they agreed to abstain from seeking nuclear weapons.  They are currently in violation of international law.  The US, the UK, Israel, India, France, China and Pakistan did not sign the NPT.  Iran has publicly declared that Israel should not be allowed to exist.  Is that a red flag that Iran should be closely watched in their nuclear ambitions?