伊朗的核野心长期以来一直是中东的一个重大安全威胁，因为这引起了以色列或美国采取先发制人军事行动的风险，甚至有可能导致与海湾国家的地区军备竞赛。
Iran’s nuclear ambitions have long posed a major security threat in the Middle East, as they raise the risk of preemptive military action by Israel or the US and, perhaps even more harrowing, of a regional arms race with the Gulf states and Turkey.