Western members of the U.N. Security Council are pushing for a fourth round of sanctions against Iran, which many nations suspect is trying to develop nuclear weapons.

联合国安理会成员中的西方国家主张对伊朗开始第四轮的制裁，因为普遍认为伊朗正在研制核武器。

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According to them, a nuclear Iran may damage the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the agreement under which states endorse nuclear disarmament and pledge not to develop nuclear weapons.

他们认为，拥有核武器的伊朗可能会破坏防止核扩散条约(NPT)。该条约需要国家签署裁减核武器协定，并承诺不开发核武器。

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Iran has steadfastly refused to halt its nuclear-enrichment programme, which it says is to make fuel for civil reactors but which the West and others suspect is a cover to develop nuclear weapons.

伊朗坚决拒绝停止浓缩铀项目，它说该项目是为了给民用反应堆提供燃料，而西方国家和其他国家怀疑这是掩盖制造核武器的借口。

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"I firmly believe it is in Iran's interest not to develop nuclear weapons, because it would trigger a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and be profoundly destabilizing in all sorts of ways."

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Washington and others are concerned Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons, while Tehran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

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But the United States and many other western nations believe Iran's real aim is to develop nuclear weapons.

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There would also be sanctions against states leaving the treaty to develop nuclear weapons.

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The Obama administration consistently says that Iran should not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

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International powers suspect Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons - a charge Iran strongly denies.

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