Iran will be a Nuclear State by 2014.

[Rath]

SamuelRSmith said:

Rath said:

Building a nuclear weapon would completely break the non-proliferation treaty under which they are required to not manufacture any nuclear weapons. If Iran was allowed by the treaty countries to build a nuke, the treaty would effectively no longer exist.

It is better that they withdraw from the treaty to build weapons than be allowed to build weapons while remaining part of the treaty.

Not to agree or disagree with you, just for my own clarification.

Building nuclear weapons is fine under the treaty, as long as your nuclear stock doesn't increase? That is, the countries are allowed to build bombs to replace decommissioned ones?

As far as I understand there isn't much of an obligation in terms of disarming - the treaty is strongest in terms of stopping new countries getting weapons and limiting how the weapons can be used.