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Alongside these four states that have acquired nuclear weapons, nuclear proliferation has been observed in several countries. This is developed in section 4.1.3.

The fact that Israel is the only state in the Middle East that possesses nuclear weapons, and that this state enjoys privileges at the UN and the IAEA, since no control is exercised over its production of fissile material, nor over these nuclear weapons, inevitably leads to strong tension in this region. Also, there are many candidates to acquire nuclear weapons. The first candidate is Iran, which has begun to enrich uranium and has a missile program. Among the other postulants is Saudi Arabia, which is anxious to thwart Iran’s influence in the Near East. This state is supported by the United States in this desire. This is obvious and by issuing authorizations for the transfer of American nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, without any guarantee of non-proliferation, the American president at the time (Donald Trump) was provoking Iran [TIS 19].