For Europeans, the NIE has not removed, but rather confirmed, the concerns that in 2003 prompted the EU-3 (Britain, France, and Germany) – namely, that Iran’s nuclear program could eventually give it a military nuclear capability, and that even before that point, it might trigger regional nuclear proliferation.
对欧洲人而言，NIE非但没有消除，反而更确认了欧盟三强（英、法、德）在2003年就共有的一个担忧，即伊朗的核计划可能最终使其拥有军事核能力，甚至在此之前还可能引发区域性的核扩散。