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Iran's Nuclear Threat
[Wall Street Journal] Zalmay Khalilzad - The UN Security Council has passed another resolution concerning Iran because its nuclear program is an unacceptable threat. Iran's violations of Security Council resolutions not only continue, but are deepening. Iran is dramatically expanding the number of operating centrifuges and developing a new generation of centrifuges, testing one of them with nuclear fuel. The IAEA presented Iran with documents detailing Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear warhead, including designs for a missile re-entry vehicle. Iran dismissed these documents as "baseless and fabricated," but the IAEA does not share that conclusion. The Iranian government has been a destabilizing force in the broader Middle East and beyond. Iran has been funding and supporting terrorists and militants for operations in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Iraq and Afghanistan. Their lethal assistance has harmed countless innocent civilians. The president of Iran has made many reprehensible statements - embracing the objective of destroying a member state of the UN. Because of all these factors, the international community cannot allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. The writer is U.S. Ambassador to the UN.