Abstract:
After war on terrorism, world faces new threat in the form of Iran nuclear program. Iran never
accepted the allegation of producing nuclear weapons under the cover of civilian nuclear
program.US again and again claimed that Iran is working on nuclear weapons under the cover
of civilian program. The main reason behind this nuclear proliferation is horizontal
proliferation. US, Israel, EU, China and Russia feel threats from Iran nuclear quest and for this
reason supports US and NPT to stop Iran from becoming Nuclear weapon state.US and Israel
can never accept Iranian nuclear program. Iran on the other hand, is not ready to accept that its
working on nuclear weapons and cannot halt its processing program. NPT and IAEA are trying
to stop Iran. US and Iran are also not ready to come at one platform for table talks. It is
predicted that Iran can go nuclear in coming years by escaping NPT’s punishment as North
Korea did. EU has adopted a little soft approach whereas US have strict approach which is
making talks difficult. China and Russia have their own interest in Iran issue that’s why they are
trying to negotiate with Iran. It’s been more than 12 years this issue is going on but now it’s a
serious issue for world peace and stability. As horizontal proliferation can lead to more nuclear
weapon states which can result in instability and security threats.
