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Originally Posted by icarus
Well the pursuance of a nuclear programme and crackdown on human rights is enough to convince me that the negative attention Iran is getting is due.
This additional to Ahmadinejad's own personal quirks such as claiming God entranced the world's delegates as he spoke before the UN, that victims of a plane crash were martyrs who Iranians must follow, and that the Muslim equivalent of the Apocalypse is near.
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I think it is important that my position be known before I reply, just to avoid confusion, but I view Iran as a brutally oppressive theocracy, and feel that should be noted.
With that out of the way, I have a couple of questions. First, is it intrinsically wrong to persue a nuclear program or in this case, only because it is Iran? Second, if it is the latter, what is the criteria for determining the eligibility of nations for nuclear power programs?