Script+and+Reflection

**Q: What is your topic and how does it relate to your sociological studies? **
===A: I chose the Iran and its possession of nuclear weapons as my topic for this final project. This is a big issue because this posses a major threat on the countries surrounding Iran in the Middle East. This nuclear power could have extreme negative affects on the Middle East and possibly the world, if nuclear war is a result. According to the sociological perspective this topic would fit into the structural functional paradigm because this reflects the faulty structure of the government and its inability to control the nuclear power and the use of that power in their country. Also it shows how the structure of the entire Middle East is collapsing. This topic also fits into the social conflict paradigm of sociology because it shows conflict in society. The government is developing nuclear power and then getting pressure from different groups on how to use that power. One group, the militia and radical groups, see this as an opportunity to be a strong military power while the other group, scientists and government officials, see it as a source of efficient power. ===

**Q: How does the presence of nuclear power in Iran affect its neighboring countries? **
===A: The presence of nuclear power in Iran means that there is an ever present danger of nuclear attacks on its neighboring countries. Iranian government says that it’s only intentions with the nuclear power are to use it as a reliable and efficient energy source. Experts, however, believe that terrorist groups in Iran plan on using the nuclear power to build weapons of mass destruction and threaten its neighboring countries with nuclear war. If Iran were to go the war with any one of the surrounding countries not only would those countries suffer, but it would also have effects on the rest of the world. One expert in the field, Robert Creamer, said that even a small nuclear skirmish in the middle-east would have extreme effects on the rest of the world and not just the middle-eastern countries. The nuclear fires in that area would send up plums of smoke into atmosphere where winds could not disperse the nuclear pollutants. This collection of smoke would result in mass temperature declines all around the world making it like winter in the summer and even colder in the winter. Looking past the threat of war and its affect on the environment, the presence of nuclear power in Iran means extreme pressure on governments in the middle-east. This pressure could cause destabilization of middle-eastern governments. ===

**Q: Is the Iranian government stable? **
===A: The Iranian government itself isn’t the most stable. The recent revolutions taking place in the middle-east make that whole region a powder keg ready to erupt into war. Not only are there different revolutions taking place Iran’s neighboring countries, but the presence of terrorist groups also threaten the stability of governments in that area. If a radical group were to overthrow the Iranian government they would control the military as well as all power in the government to do whatever they want. By that point it would be weather or not they wanted to wage war on any country. All in all, no the Iranian government is not stable. ===

**Q: How does Iran intend to use its nuclear power? **
===A: Nuclear plants have been appearing all over Iran. What is left of the Iranian government insists that the nuclear plants are to be used strictly for energy purposes and not as weapons of mass destruction. Now this may be true, the government might not plan on using the nuclear plants as weapons manufacturing centers but it’s the extremist terrorist groups that may have other ideas on hoe to use these facilities. Again the fragile state of the Iranian government and the entire middle-east means that it wouldn’t be too terribly concerned about the threat of a government take over by a radical group looking for change. ===

===**Q: How would a nuclear conflict between Iran and one of its neighboring countries affect the rest of the world? **===

===A: A nuclear conflict in the Middle East would put tremendous pressure on governments all around the world. A conflict of the size and impending danger on the rest of the world would potentially end up being the Third World War. Countries like the United States would send troops and military supplies into the Middle East to try and prevent the launch of more nuclear weapons on its own homeland as well as on other countries. Governments in the Middle East would no longer be stable and mass chaos would be part of everyday life as the entire structure of government would collapse. The Middle Eastern society would also collapse. ===