The impact of the nuclearization of the United Arab Emirates on the regional security of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Volume 9, Issue 1 - Serial Number 32
Spring 2025
Pages 125-149

Document Type : Original Independent Original Article

Authors

1 UYTUY

2 تالب

Abstract
The United Arab Emirates is one of the Persian Gulf countries that entered the club of nuclear countries by opening a nuclear power plant. This country launched the Barkat nuclear power plant as the first nuclear project in the Arab world.

However, due to the geopolitical characteristics and the fragile structure of security in this country, the motivations for the production and expansion of nuclear weapons may be hidden and in some way seek the right to enrich uranium. Assuming the ability of the United Arab Emirates to achieve uranium enrichment, this research will try to answer the question, what effects will the nuclearization of the United Arab Emirates have on the regional security of the Islamic Republic of Iran?

The findings of the research answer in a descriptive-analytical way from library, internet and related articles: "With the nuclearization of the United Arab Emirates, this country will seek to increase its deterrence power against the Islamic Republic of Iran and will be affected by security challenges such as ownership issues. The three islands will bring about coalition building against Iran, change of regional order and other such things for Iran.

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