War on Iran could go NUCLEAR - Nobel scientist explains | MEE Live

Our guest is a scientist whose work has been awarded multiple Nobel Prizes. Not for science– but for peace.

Firstly, as former President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; then as a founding member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).

ICAN spearheads an international treaty - signed by 95 countries - that bans nuclear weapons in full.

Nuclear weapons are why the war on Iran is happening– if you are to believe US President Donald Trump.

Yet they remain an abstract idea in news coverage. We talk about nuclear programmes, nuclear capacity and nuclear weapons. We do not talk about nuclear war.

It’s natural not to dwell on devastation beyond comprehension, or a hell that we are helpless to.

But Dr Ira Helfand says we have to know what we are talking about when we talk about nuclear war.

Because in his view, the regional war could become one.

Editor's note: The title was changed to amend Dr Helfand's descriptor from 'physicist' to 'Nobel scientist'. Dr. Helfand is a physician, not physicist, and has had founding roles in multiple Nobel Peace Prize winning anti-nuclear scientist-led coalitions.

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