In an article from the Nuclear Threat Initiative website, there is an overview of the issues at hand with Iran and their nuclear power programs. This article reviews the current issues on Iran and its nuclear power and the information that has been made known from Iran. Iran had become a party of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons also known as the NPT since 1970 and declared themselves as being a non-nuclear weapon state. Since then they have still made advances in their nuclear power program, but they say it is only for peacefully purposes only. Due to Iran's failure to mention some of the details of their nuclear program to the International Atomic Energy Agency, other countries are wondering if they were being truthful with their intensions for their nuclear power and suspect that they may make advancements in nuclear weapons.
This article also refers to the known status of Iran's advancements in not only nuclear but also biological, chemical, and missile progress in Iran. Iran's nuclear power plants have been said to be for uranium enrichments, mining, milling, and conversion. Suspicions had risen when Iran had announced that they were in the talks of a second nuclear power plant and they were already looking for new grounds to build on. President Obama and President Rouhani had discussed the details on the issue and were hoping for some negotiations. Iran had suffered due to chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq war so Iran had opened up their chemical facilities and destroyed their program because of these effects. The United States had accused them of having their program and having access to chemical blood, blister, choking, and nerve agents but Iran denied having any access to chemical power. This website was a great way to get a general understanding on the issue and to view the nuclear threat information on other countries in addition to Iran.
Link to the Article: http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/iran/
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