Iran and the non proliferation treaty
Iran and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
Firstly it’s important to identify what the treaty is and what it undertakes. According to the IAEA, The NPT aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to foster the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of disarmament. The Treaty establishes a safeguards system under the responsibility of the IAEA, which also plays a central role under the Treaty in areas of technology transfer for peaceful purposes.
The Non Proliferation regime treaty came into force in 1970 after nearly 10 years of negotiations. Its main scope is to prevent the spread of highly dangerous weapons, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and finally to achieve general and complete disarmament. (2003, Bunn).
Until today 190 states have joined the treaty except for India, Israel, Pakistan and Sudan that have never joined. The treaty recognizes five states as nuclear weapons states: United States, The United Kingdom, Russia, France and China(also the five permanent member of the UN Security councili). Their main objective is to forbid the possession of nuclear weapons, the spread of nuclear weapons around the work and to commit to eliminate their atomic arsenal.
Moreover, in order to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose the treaty gave IAEA authority to police nuclear activities of member countries, to ensure that those without nuclear weapons did not acquire them and to permit the control of nuclear activity. For example, thanks to the agency in 2002 they have discovered that Iran had two nuclear sites under construction: a uranium enrichment facility in Natanz and a Heavy water facility in Arak.
This event brought huge disruptions world wide not only people started to doubt on the safety checks done by IAEA and other institutions working with nuclear weapons security but it
Firstly it’s important to identify what the treaty is and what it undertakes. According to the IAEA, The NPT aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to foster the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of disarmament. The Treaty establishes a safeguards system under the responsibility of the IAEA, which also plays a central role under the Treaty in areas of technology transfer for peaceful purposes.
The Non Proliferation regime treaty came into force in 1970 after nearly 10 years of negotiations. Its main scope is to prevent the spread of highly dangerous weapons, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and finally to achieve general and complete disarmament. (2003, Bunn).
Until today 190 states have joined the treaty except for India, Israel, Pakistan and Sudan that have never joined. The treaty recognizes five states as nuclear weapons states: United States, The United Kingdom, Russia, France and China(also the five permanent member of the UN Security councili). Their main objective is to forbid the possession of nuclear weapons, the spread of nuclear weapons around the work and to commit to eliminate their atomic arsenal.
Moreover, in order to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose the treaty gave IAEA authority to police nuclear activities of member countries, to ensure that those without nuclear weapons did not acquire them and to permit the control of nuclear activity. For example, thanks to the agency in 2002 they have discovered that Iran had two nuclear sites under construction: a uranium enrichment facility in Natanz and a Heavy water facility in Arak.
This event brought huge disruptions world wide not only people started to doubt on the safety checks done by IAEA and other institutions working with nuclear weapons security but it