Le programme iranien viole-t-il le Traité de non-prolifération (TNP) ? Signataire du TNP, l’Iran a certes le droit de développer l’énergie nucléaire civile, mais pas celui de se doter de l’arme nucléaire pour acquérir le statut de puissance régionale dont il n’est pas loin au demeurant. Face aux positions divergentes des protagonistes (ONU, États-Unis, Union européenne, Russie, Chine…), quelle pourrait être la porte de sortie de crise ?

Iranian nuclear power and international law

Does the Iranian programme violate the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)? Iran is a signatory to the NPT and whilst certainly within its rights in developing civil nuclear energy, this is not so for the development of nuclear weapons in order to become a regional power—which Iran is already not far from becoming. In the face of diverging opinions among the major interested parties (including the UN, United States, EU, Russia and China), how might this crisis be resolved?