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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18840/tehran-debates-the-bomb
Tehran Debates the Bomb
(Gatestone Institute) Amir Taheri - After 30 years of effort, Iran is now in a position to build nuclear warheads. It has also developed a rudimentary capacity for delivering the bomb to a range of 2,000 km. Those who advocate building the bomb in Iran should tell us which nation is the supposed foe. None of Iran's neighbors are likely to attack it, including the only two, Russia and Pakistan, with nuclear arsenals. Some mullahs designate Israel as the "foe" to justify building the bomb. Interestingly, none of the problems that nation-states might have with one another - border disputes, competition for raw materials and markets, water-sharing disputes, maltreatment of kith-and-kin, bitter historic memories - exist between Iran and Israel. No Iranian leader, even under the present regime, could rationally explain why Israel should be regarded as Iran's enemy. The writer was the executive editor-in-chief of the daily Kayhan in Iran from 1972 to 1979.