Iran claims that its nuclear program is aimed solely at peaceful uses, and that it has the right to develop uranium enrichment and other technologies as a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). But it spent 18 years deceiving inspectors from the watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency, leading some countries to argue that Iran destroyed its credibility and forfeited its rights to enrichment on its own soil.
伊朗宣称其核计划的目的仅在于和平用途，辩称自己作为“核不扩散条约”（NPT）的签字国有权发展铀浓缩等技术。然而该国花了18年的时间来迷惑监督机构“国际原子能组织”派出的调查员，以致有的国家认为伊朗已经自毁信誉，放弃了在本国土地上发展铀浓缩的权利。