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What's at stake in the conflict between Israel and Iran?

2025/6/17
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Aaron Stein
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Mary Louise Kelly
经验丰富的广播记者和新闻主播，目前担任NPR《所有事情都被考虑》的共同主播。
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特朗普总统：我认为伊朗绝对不能拥有核武器，这是非常明确的，不容置疑的。 克林顿总统：为了捍卫自由，我正式宣布切断与伊朗的所有贸易和投资往来，以阻止其发展核武器。 奥巴马总统：通过2015年的伊朗核协议，我们将确保伊朗无法发展核武器，该协议要求伊朗接受比任何其他国家都更严格的国际原子能机构的核查。 拜登总统：我与以色列总理讨论了确保伊朗永远无法获得核武器的承诺，这对以色列、美国以及整个世界的安全至关重要。 Mary Louise Kelly：美国数十年来一直致力于阻止伊朗制造核武器，现在以色列表示正在攻击伊朗以消除这一威胁，这不仅关系到直接相关的两个国家，也关系到美国和整个世界的利益。

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This chapter explores the history of US-Iran relations concerning nuclear weapons, from President Trump's straightforward message to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and its aftermath. It also examines how close Iran is to developing a nuclear weapon and what the potential implications are.
  • US policy for decades has been to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
  • The 2015 Iran nuclear deal aimed to ensure Iran did not develop nuclear weapons but was later abandoned by President Trump.
  • Iran had an active nuclear weapons program until 2003, which was paused, and they possess the capability to quickly build a nuclear weapon if they choose to do so.

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The United States has worked for decades to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon. Now Israel says it is attacking Iran to remove that threat. What are the stakes in this conflict, not only for the two nations directly involved, but for the US and the world?Mary Louise Kelly )speaks with Aaron Stein, the President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute about those stakes and the history of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org). Email us at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)