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Former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, has stated that a future with a nuclear armed Iran would represent a change in the world order.

"Nuclear weapons in Iran will change the international situation fundamentally," Kissinger said in an interview with Fox News.

"It means that proliferation is likely to be unchecked after that, that there would be many more countries that have nuclear weapons that might be used against each other and against us, and that terrorists might be protected by countries that have nuclear weapons. That is the fundamental change that comes about," he added.

"So, therefore, what America needs to do is to determine, together with its allies, if at all possible, when the point of no return is reached, secondly, what non-military measures can be taken to induce Iran to enter a meaningful negotiation, and, third, then to face the question of what other means have to be used," Kissinger said.

Tehran's has been repeating for years now that its nuclear program aims at civilian ends.

The US is the only country in the world that has used nuclear weapons against another state.

US president Harry S. Truman ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, at the tail end of World War II.