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The most compelling reasons Iran should not possess a nuclear weapon can be broadly grouped into four categories.
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RSSDec4 Ahmadinejad To Introduce New Economic Plan -- Iranian Middle Class "Fear That The Plan Will Ruin Them"
The Washington Post wrote that "Ahmadinejad's plan to curb government subsidies threatens to alienate recipients." "Many members of Iran's urban middle class fear that the plan will ruin them. "If the subsidies are stopped, my family will be pushed into poverty. What the president plans to pay us in return will be far too little," said Payman Vatandoust, a technical manager at a battery factory in Tehran ... 'We showed them that we are serious about this. If they try again in a year, we will again close our shops,' Askari said. 'Life is hard enough without taxes.'"
Dec3 Egypt Against Iran's Pursuit Of Nuclear Weapons
AFP reported that Egypt's Foreign Minister spoke out against Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons. "Egypt supports international efforts aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Wednesday. But he also warned against taking military action against the Islamic republic, which is accused by the West of wanting to develop the bomb. Iran insists that its nuclear programme is peaceful."
Dec2 WSJ: Price Of Oil "Puts New Pressure" & "Creates Openings" On Iran
In the Wall Street Journal, Gerald F. Seib wrote that President-elect Obama and his national security team have several promising opportunities and very little time to pressure Iran not to produce nuclear weapons. "The spectacular drop in the price of oil puts new economic pressure on Iran and creates openings to escalate that pressure. Second, Mr. Obama's shiny image in Europe may give him a honeymoon period where he can win more support there to ratchet up the international pressure. ... By one estimate, the Iranian government needs $90-a-barrel oil for its government accounts to break even. The question, then, is when economic pressure might become so great that a nuclear program becomes counterproductive."
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