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No surprises here. Like any exclusive club, the more nations join the nuclear club, the less important club membership is. Nobody who's already in the club wants to let a new member in.

A couple interesting points about Iran: It's not just the state of Iran that wants a nuclear arsenal, the people of Iran want it too. So even if the revolution succeeds in replacing the theocracy with a democracy, Iran will most likely continue to develop nuclear weapons.

However, polls also suggest that the people of Iran would be willing to trade their nuclear program for a lifting of sanctions. So they're quite willing to bargain as long as the offer is compelling enough.

Now if we could just get that pesky authoritarian regime out of the way...



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