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Since 2005, [[Nuclear program of Iran|Iran's nuclear program]] has become the subject of contention with the international community, mainly the United States. Many countries have expressed concern that Iran's nuclear program could divert civilian nuclear technology into a [[Iran and weapons of mass destruction|weapons program]]. This has led the [[United Nations Security Council]] to impose [[sanctions against Iran]] which had further isolated Iran politically and economically from the rest of the global community. In 2009, the U.S. [[Director of National Intelligence]] said that Iran, if choosing to, would not be able to develop a nuclear weapon until 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN25158068|title=RPT-EXCLUSIVE-Iran would need 18 months for atom bomb-diplomats|work=Reuters|access-date=1 August 2010 | first=Louis | last=Charbonneau | date=26 October 2009}}</ref>
[[File:Iranian Foreign Affaire Ministry.jpg|thumb|The building of Iran's [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], which extensively uses pre-Islamic [[Iranian architecture|Persian architecture]]
{{As of|2009}}, the government of Iran maintains diplomatic relations with 99 members of the United Nations,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.ir/cms/cms/Tehran/fa/mission/mission2.html |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran|year=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228095004/http://www.mfa.gov.ir/cms/cms/Tehran/fa/mission/mission2.html |archive-date=28 February 2009|access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref> but not with the [[Iran–United States relations|United States]], and not with [[Iran–Israel relations|Israel]]—a state which Iran's government has derecognized since the 1979 Revolution.<ref name="MousavianShahidsaless2014">{{cite book|author1=Seyed Hossein Mousavian|author2=Shahir Shahidsaless|title=Iran and the United States: An Insider's View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppe9AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33|year=2014|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-62892-870-9|page=33}}</ref> Among Muslim nations, Iran has an adversarial relationship with [[Iran–Saudi Arabia relations|Saudi Arabia]] due to different political and Islamic ideologies.<ref>Guffey, Robert A. (2009). ''Saudi-Iranian Relations Since the Fall of Saddam: Rivalry, Cooperation and Implication for US Policy''. RAND Corporation. {{ISBN|978-0-8330-4657-4}}.</ref> Regarding the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], the government of Iran has recognized [[Jerusalem]] as the capital of the [[State of Palestine]], after [[Donald Trump|Trump]] recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iran-assembly-recognizes-jerusalem-as-palestine-capital/1016460|title=Iran assembly recognizes Jerusalem as Palestine capital|website=Anadolu Agency|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/iran-jerusalem-unchangeable-capital-palestine-180201103316807.html|title=Iran says Jerusalem 'unchangeable' capital of Palestine|website=Al-Jazeera|access-date=12 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/iran-recognizes-jerusalem-capital-city-palestinians-response-trump-declaration-760356
|title=Iran Recognizes Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital City in Response to Trump Declaration|website=Newsweek|date=27 December 2017|access-date=12 May 2018}}</ref>
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