> All else equal, everyone wants to minimize nuclear states, and nobody is happy about Iran having a nuclear program of any sort. Not that I agree, but there w

> All else equal, everyone wants to minimize nuclear states, and nobody is happy about Iran having a nuclear program of any sort. Not that I agree, but there was at least an argument for a nuclear Iran made in Foreign Affairs about three years ago (July 2012 issue). Though the situation has obviously changed since then, e.g. ISIS and the Iranian nuclear deal. tl;dr: The Iranian government isn't as irrationally belligerent as the Western media and foreign policy establishment make them out to be, and that it would bring stability to the only remaining region with a single, unopposed nuclear power (Israel). http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~fczagare/PSC%20504/Waltz.pdf http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~fczagare/PSC%20504/Waltz.pdf (pdf copy linked because the article is paywalled on the FA site)