Attitudes of the International Community toward Irans Nuclear Puzzle

Abstract

This article aims to interrogate the attitudes of the US, the EU/EU-3, Russia and China, on Irans nuclear programme. The underlying question is whether there can be a consensus in the international

community for a comprehensive settlement. In trying to provide answer to this question first, the article

briefly reviews Iranian motives and foreign assistance in the development of Irans nuclear programme.

Secondly, focusing separately on the US, the EU/EU-3, Russia and China, a comparative analysis is

employed for delineating similarities and differences in their attitudes and concerns since the 1979

Iranian Revolution. This article arrived at a tentative conclusion on the basis that the debate is likely to

continue, as there is no common attitude toward Irans nuclear puzzle in the international community.