Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ...
by fuoqi on Thursday March 11, 2021 @10:03AM
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Well, Iran is ready to return to the previous agreement, if the US will upheld its part of the deal, without any additional talks or introducing new pre-conditions. Well, it also asks to compensate damage from the US sanctions, but I think it's simply a way to improve its negotiation position.
It's Trump who did messed everything up, not Iran. Unfortunately it does not look like the Biden administration is eager to fix it.
Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ...
by stjohnswarts on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:56PM
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Iran isn't playing squarely with the current US administration. They don't want to go back to the old agreement straight up, they want cake with icing and sprinkles and Biden has been around long enough that kissing their hineys is not a smart way to go about resuming the agreement. Everyone knows that Trump is most likely an anomaly in international politics and will fade into history (it may take a few years of course) as such.
30 some nations use nuclear power, or are building nuclear plants. Only nine countries have nuclear weapons.
Pursuing nuclear weapons is obviously a choice, it's not automatic with nuclear power. It requires an immense, concerted effort to build nuclear weapons.
The US has begrudgingly learned to live with North Korea and Pakistan having nuclear weapons, it'll learn to live with Iran having nuclear weapons as well (and shortly after that, Saudi Arabia). Will Israel accept that outcome? I guess we'll find out, there is no scenario where Iran doesn't acquire nuclear weapons at this point. It's guaranteed.