Iran's Nuclear Program: Cause for Concern, But Not Alarm

    I found this article from Al Jazeera to be very interesting because it has a different viewpoint from most of the other articles already posted here.  A majority of the articles from Western news sites firmly believe that Iran intends to build a nuclear weapon.  The author of this article, titled "Iran's Nuclear Program: Cause for Concern, but Not Alarm", basically says that Iran has done some things to cause concern, but that does not mean they intend to build a nuclear weapon.  The author gives three reasons why Iran would not want to build a weapon.  His first point is that no country has ever built a weapon while under the watch of the International Atomic Energy Agency.  With inspectors in the country it would be virtually impossible to hide all of the evidence of building a weapon.  His second point is that Iran cannot afford to try to build an arsenal of weapons and then get caught.  It would cost Iran millions of dollars to create nuclear weapons and the chances of getting discovered are so high that it would just be a waste of money.  His last point is that according to some intelligence officials Iranian leaders have not actually decided to build a bomb.  He says that there is little evidence to suggest that leaders have made a final decision to create a bomb.

    I think the author of this article raised some great points as to why Iran would not consider building a nuclear bomb.  Most of the articles I have read only give reasons for why Iran wants to build a weapon, so it was interesting to see the opposite viewpoint.  I hope to see an article with counter arguments because there may be some flaws with the author's reasoning's that I did not see. 

Link to article: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/9/iran-nuclear-programprimer.html