>>507718271 (OP)Can someone explain to me why Iran can't have nuclear weapons? Yes, I get it. They're in the NPT. But so are the US and and the other four that are recognized as nuclear states. Did you know those five countries are supposed to be working towards nuclear disarmament? Obviously not for energy, but disarmament of nuclear weapons?
Do you really think that if Iran did develop nuclear weapons, that they would use them? Has North Korea used nuclear weapons since leaving the NPT in 2003?
So what's the deal? Why does Iran want nuclear weapons? To level Israel? Highly doubtful. Iran may be an evil regime, but they are also not dumb. Iran has been around for a very long time. Maybe under a different name prior to 1935, but still there. My point being, they're not magically going to drop nukes the first day they're developed. Iran knows beyond a shadow of a doubt, that as soon as they use the first nuke, they will literally be turned to glass.
Its leverage. It's so they can be taken seriously on the world stage. It's to make Israel or any other nation to think twice before they're fucked with. It's the same reason all of the other nations with nuclear weapons even have them. It's a deterrent. Israel wants to be King of the middle east. This is all about politics and world power. There is no other reason. Try what complete control over that region.