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The John Batchelor Show

#NUKES ARMS RACE: IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, INDIA, PAKISTAN. HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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#NUKES ARMS RACE: IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, INDIA, PAKISTAN. HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC.
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Book now at the podcast show London.com. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, what do they have in common? Aspirations or facts of nuclear weapons. At the same time, nuclear power plants

0:56.7

are mentioned. And I welcome my colleague, Henry Sikolsky, the executive director of the

1:02.2

Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center, to comment on these four states right now. Henry, we

1:09.0

learned from the Secretary of State Mr.. Rubio, that in conversation over the

1:14.0

suspect nuclear weapons program in Iran, has been going on for some years by either the

1:19.2

UN watchdog, IA, European allies, or the United States.

1:25.7

The Trump administration at this point is willing to concede that Iran can have a civilian nuclear power plan.

1:35.1

Is that a risk, Henry?

1:36.4

Doesn't that mean they can make bomb material?

1:39.1

Good evening to you.

1:40.6

Good evening.

1:41.2

It's great to be on your program every week.

1:43.6

I love it. Thank you for having me on. I think it is a problem in two ways. One is, yes, you can use these plants to produce plutonium that you can strip out of the fuel chemically.

2:03.6

And that is a worry.

2:05.6

We've encountered a scare many years ago when they first opened up their power plant,

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