A number of Arab countries have recently accelerated their nuclear programs in response to Iran’s renegade nuclear quest, claiming they are pursuing the ‘peaceful’ atom.一些阿拉伯国家最近已加快了他们的核计划在回应伊朗的核叛离的追求，声称他们是追求'和平'原子。 The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, and Egypt all have nuclear programs at different stages of development, even though the region has huge oil reserves to produce cheap energy.阿拉伯联合酋长国，沙特阿拉伯，也门，约旦和埃及的所有有核计划处于不同发展阶段，尽管该地区拥有巨大的石油储备来生产廉价的能源。 Analysts are especially interested in the Persian Gulf states with nuclear programs, stressing that their ‘peaceful’ programs can be swiftly retooled into a weapons program.分析家们特别感兴趣，在波斯湾国家与核计划，强调他们的'和平'程序可以迅速重组成为一个研制核武器的计划。 Meanwhile, Yemen recently announced it will buy its first nuclear reactor for ‘peaceful purposes’ and Jordan’s foreign minister, Abdelelah Al-Khatib told Haaretz that Jordan was pursuing a nuclear program “geared toward electricity”.与此同时，也门最近宣布它将购买该国第一座核反应器的'和平目的的'和约旦的外长， abdelelah基地-哈提卜说，以色列，约旦奉行的核计划“面向电力” 。