I recently learned about the Iran Deal. I knew nothing about it until I watched a video on it 20 minutes ago.
Woah what is the iran deal?
It is an agreement between Iran and a lot of other countries (like the US, France, Britain, etc.) where we agreed to take away some sanctions and Iran agreed to cut back on their nuclear program.
Oh yeah I have heard about that. Isnt it under scrutiny right now?
On May 12th the deal needs to be renewed, but the US is thinking of not renewing it. Which is a little bit scary I think.
Yeah definitely. I imagine it is also a bit scary for iran since a big part of the world economy goes through the US
That's true. I think if the deal ended, it would be bad for both countries. But some people don't like the deal I guess. They think Iran didn't have to give enough up.
Yeah, because they are still developing ballistic missiles So putting a nuclear warhead back on if they decide they don't like us any more wouldn't be that big of a deal I guess.
They still have nuclear reactors, but apparently because of the Iran deal the UN is able to monitor every reactor they have! Which is good for us! And apparently they also had to give up all their material to make nuclear weapons. But some people think Iran is still making weapons anyway. I'll have to do more research about it to see what I think I guess.
Yeah. It would suck if they started developing nuclear weapons again.
Definitely. Nukes are bad news. The world would be a better place if we had fewer of them here. Or none at all maybe.
Yeah, but as technology spreads, I feel like nukes seem to become less and less of a major feat. Luckily we are developing anti nuke stuff
That's true, and fortunate.
Like defenses that shoot down nukes. And that is heavy intense technology
It is worrying that it is also becoming easier to create nuclear weapons though. But I'm glad we also have better defensive technology!
Yeah the governments are looking into lots of nuclear defense systems and it is kind of like a second arms race. No one wants to have an enemy that isnt threatened by nukes.