Third, following from this, there is a clear perception in Iran that acquiring an actual bomb would lead to impossibly stringent economic sanctions. Financial sanctions, direct and indirect, already are biting – including on the Revolutionary Guard and its significant economic interests – but have been tolerable in the context of asserting Iran’s “right to enrich” under the NPT.
第三，基于上面一点，伊朗人预计自己一旦制造了核武的话就将遭到极为严厉的制裁。目前这些直接或间接的经济制裁已经令伊朗人日子不太好过——但在尊重核不扩散条约，维护自身铀浓缩权利的口号下还是可以忍受的。但一旦公然违反了核不扩散条约，伊朗人普遍认为自己国家将不可避免地遭受严厉制裁。