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S8 Ep914: Henry Sokolski argues that the NPT review highlights the failure to prevent Iran's nuclear enrichment. He warns that this creates a domino effect of proliferation across Saudi Arabia and Europe. (13/16)

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🗓️ 23 May 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Henry Sokolski argues that the NPT review highlights the failure to prevent Iran's nuclear enrichment. He warns that this creates a domino effect of proliferation across Saudi Arabia and Europe. (13/16)

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0:00.0

I'm John Batchelor. I welcome Henry Sikolsky, the executive director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education

0:22.0

Center, the NPT, drawn up in 68 to 70 in effect since 1970, and yet every few years, I believe

0:31.0

every four or five years, they come together the signatories for review and perfection.

0:36.2

Right now, we're at the end of a review process at the

0:39.2

United Nations in Manhattan. And we're expecting no major contest. That is, nobody's going to walk

0:46.4

out of the room, tear the document up, declare the whole organization a sham, that's sort of

0:53.4

his genetics. Instead, what we're looking for is agreement. Why?

0:57.4

Because there's large disagreement in the world. Henry, a very good evening to you. Let's start

1:02.5

with the major disagreement that's pressing right now, the Iran War. As I understand it, one of the

1:09.3

non-negotiable demands by the United States looking for

1:12.9

peace in the Straits of Armuse is that the Iranians must permit the complete removal and permanent

1:20.6

inspection of their nuclear weapons program, suspect. Also, access to whatever they've achieved in terms of ballistic missiles.

1:30.3

Also, they must stop attacking their neighbors.

1:32.9

Also, they must reopen the Straits of our moves.

1:35.1

But let's hang with just the nuclear part.

1:37.7

That is very unlikely to happen.

1:40.0

Do I say that correctly, Henry?

1:41.4

Good evening to you.

1:42.8

Good evening.

1:43.4

It's always great being on your program. Thank you for having me on again.

1:48.9

Let's say you're right. Let's just start there because we just heard from the Supreme Leader of Iran, and he has said, there is no way any of the uranium, highly enriched,

2:06.2

low enriched, unenriched, is leaving this country. Well, there you go. And of course, Netanyahu says,

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