Turkey Says It Could Be Dragged Into Nuclear Arms Race Over Iran

Turkey would consider joining a regional nuclear arms race over concerns about Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said late Monday.

Ankara does not wish to disrupt the tenuous balance of power in the region, which could trigger nuclear competition, Fidan said in an interview with CNN Turk. But “we may inevitably have to join the same race,” he added, in response to whether Turkey would see Iran’s development of nuclear weapons as a threat.