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.一些阿拉伯國家最近已加快了他們的核計劃在回應伊朗的核叛離的追求，聲稱他們是追求'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.阿拉伯聯合酋長國，沙特阿拉伯，也門，約旦和埃及的所有有核計劃處於不同發展階段，儘管該地區擁有巨大的石油儲備來生產廉價的能源。 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.分析家們特別感興趣，在波斯灣國家與核計劃，強調他們的'和平'程序可以迅速重組成為一個研製核武器的計劃。 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”.與此同時，也門最近宣布它將購買該國第一座核反應器的'和平目的的'和約旦的外長， abdelelah基地-哈提卜說，以色列，約旦奉行的核計劃“面向電力” 。