the utility of nuclear weapons as a source of security and stated: According to Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization: Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in the Middle East Historically, until its own nuclear program began development, Iran had consistently supported the creation of a nuclear-weapons free zone in the Middle East. In 1974, as concerns in the region grew over Israel's nuclear weapon program, Iran formally proposed the concept of a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East in a joint resolution in the UN General Assembly. Views on Iran's nuclear power program See also Diplomatic tensions between Iran and the United States Economy of Iran Energy in Iran Fereydoon Abbasi, former head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation Gas centrifuge International Rankings of Iran in Science and Technology Iran and weapons of mass destruction Iran–Pakistan relations Iran–United States relations Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel Iran–Israel proxy conflict Oghab 2 Akbar Etemad Opposition to military action against Iran Stuxnet Duqu Flame (malware) Tehran International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, 2010 Timeline of the nuclear program of Iran List of Iranian nuclear negotiators United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare Nuclear facilities in Iran Correspondence between Barack Obama and Ali Khamenei References External links The first-ever English-language website about Iran's nuclear energy program Iran's Atomic Energy Organization In Focus: IAEA and Iran, IAEA Iran's Nuclear Program collected news and commentary at The New York Times Iran Nuclear Resources, parstimes.com Annotated bibliography for the Iranian nuclear weapons program from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Nuclear program of Iran Politics of Iran Nuclear energy in Iran Iran–Israel proxy conflict Iran–United States relations Iran–European Union relations