Security Dilemma: Study of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council's Attitude Toward Iran's nuclear Program

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council was created with the aim of confronting what was called threat of Islamic Revolution. Although the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council countries except Iran have security concerns, such as fear of internal instability and popular uprisings, but they see Iran as the most serious external threat and this viewpoint has been intensified after the Arab world's revolutions. The perspectives of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council countries regarding Iran, in many cases, are the same and in some cases there are minor differences. These countries alone cannot paly a major security role. That is why the foreign security of these countries is determined in alliance with the great powers and regional countries and Saudi Arabia is the main axis of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council.After Iraq-Iran war, I. R. of Iran moved toward building and developing ballistic missile technology and nuclear program which caused Persian Gulf Cooperation Council countries feel an intensified threat. They have been jointly seeking to stop I. R. of Iran nuclear program. The politics of these countries have strongly been influenced by US regional policy particularly towards Iran.This paper attempts to analyze the attitudes of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council regarding Iran's nuclear program while examining the security concerns of these countries and the council’s strategies for balance of power and follow-up in the security system of the Persian Gulf region.