but Obama says he made so that they were always at least one year away from making a bomb. I'm sure Israel is real happy with the framework agreement
I think so, aren't they already one of the most energy rich nations on the planet? And didn't we and Russia offer to build them nuke plants if they gave back the fuel? So all signs point to military/political reasons for the program to me. That doesn't mean they want to bomb OiT however. I think a big part of it is emotional pride and the sence of security it would bring. It's an expensive killer Binky to pacify a segment of the population. Iranian leaders know what happens when the people aren't pacified, they have revolutions.
I don't know if they want a functional weapon and they don't need one with the US helping prop them up they way we are. Our overall actions are giving them the power they want to project.
Partly this, but also to keep other Muslim countries at bay.......they are a Shia majority while all other countries near there are Sunni. Plus the Iranians are Persian, not Arab like the rest of the ME which is another reason they may want to project power.
If you define people as the Iranian citizens, FSU gave a good answer, other Muslims. If you mean the people in charge, the answer is probably the crazy citizens they stired up to get power and now must constantly placate to stave off another revolution.
