This political cartoon originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette perfectly exemplifies the wariness of the UN and other world powers in their trust of Iran and how they use their nuclear program. While Iran insists that the program is working on nuclear energy, there is always the mistrust that has been a part of the "us" vs. "them" issue for decades. Of course any country possibly developing nuclear weapons is a reason for worry, but because Iran is a Middle Eastern country, people automatically assume that "terrorists" will develop weapons as soon as possible so they can bomb us all. That mistrust of Iran is was this political cartoon is conveying. By having a blatantly pro-nuclear war Iranian try to make their nuclear program seem innocent, it assures anyone who disliked the idea of Iran even having such a program that they are correct in their wariness.
Iran knows full well of these fears and is using them to their fullest. It seems similar to me of the desire of Richard Nixon to appear like a bloodthirsty crazy man with an itchy trigger finger; by making it seem like you're entirely likely to use a weapon, it (hopefully) makes it unnecessary to use them.
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