DAR AL HARB/ISLAM - THE WEST/IRAN: "WE WOULD FEEL SAFER IF IRAN HAD NUKES"

Poll: Iranians Support Nuclear Weapons
By ALAN FRAM

WASHINGTON -- Small majorities of Iranians say their country should develop nuclear weapons and they would feel safer if Tehran possessed such arms, according to a rare public opinion poll of that nation's citizens.

Yet 51 percent said that in exchange for normal relations with the United States, they would favor satisfying the U.S. that Iran is not trying to acquire nuclear weapons. And far fewer said Iran should focus less on assembling a nuclear arsenal than on strengthening its feeble economy and normalizing diplomatic and trade relations with the West.

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1) Poll: Iranians Support Nuclear Weapons