Nearly a week after several Arab states on the Persian Gulf announced plans to consider a joint nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered Iran’s nuclear knowledge and expertise to neighboring countries. Ahmadinejad told a Kuwaiti Official, “The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to transfer to regional states its valuable experience and achievements in the field of peaceful nuclear technology as a clean energy source and as a replacement for oil.” Iran can legally give nuclear technology to neighboring states provided that the International Atomic Energy Agency is informed of the transfer, and that the state receiving the technology is a signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

The US and Britain are especially opposed to Iran�s nuclear program since they irresponsibly claim it is being used to produce nuclear weapons. Edgar Vasquez, a US State Department spokesman said, “Iran’s noncompliance up to this point is a serious threat � which we continue to work with our international partners and the international community in the UN Security Council to remedy.” Ambassadors from Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia, and China are still working on a resolution to impose sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. Ahmadinejad had repeatedly said he is not intimidated by the possibility of sanctions, and will continue to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.

In a related story, US-based Westinghouse Corp. has brokered an eight billion-dollar deal to build four nuclear reactors in China. Westinghouse is now owned by the Japanese company Toshiba after being sold by British Nuclear Fuels. This may have helped the deal, since Japan is improving ties with China. With a decrease in fossil fuels and an increase in population, many nations such as China have started to rely more on nuclear power. The International Energy Agency estimated that over $200 billion will be spent by 2030 on harnessing nuclear energy.

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