Is Iran in violation of the non-proliferation treaty?
As a signatory to the nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran is obligated to declare all its nuclear facilities and use of nuclear material, and to keep them under IAEA safeguard. Iran is also permitted, under the NPT, to pursue nuclear energy programs, and uranium enrichment for that purpose. The same treaty also obligates signatories with nuclear weapons, including the US, to move toward total disarmament. Iran has stated repeatedly that it has no intention of going beyond nuclear energy, but in 2002 an Iranian opposition group living in exile – reportedly tipped off by Israeli intelligence – revealed the undeclared enrichment site at Natanz and work on a heavy-water research reactor at Arak. Iran was found to have kept those and other key aspects of its nuclear program secret for nearly two decades. It is also known to have had dealings with the proliferation network of Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, who sold nuclear blueprints to Libya and other clients around the wo
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