Implications of Iran's Uranium Enrichment Programme for Regional Security

Abstract

The UN Security Council has passed a series of resolutions directing Iran to cease uranium enrichment. The resolutions are designed to bring pressure to bear on Iran in order to persuade the country's authorities to demonstrate full compliance with the fundamental convention on nuclear science and nuclear armaments, the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). The success or failure of UN efforts to dissuade Iran from pursuing nuclear technologies outside the framework of international...