Iran and nuclear ambiguity

Ivanka Barzashka*, Ivan Oelrich

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Abstract

A comparison between Iran's current nuclear efforts and those of the pro-Western regime of Shah Reza Pahlavi shows that Iranian ambitions for a full-fledged civilian nuclear programme have remained relatively constant for nearly half a century. Today, fuel cycle technology provides Iran with a latent nuclear weapon's potential. However, US concerns about an Iranian bomb, which began in the early 1970s and aggravated after the Iranian Revolution, long predate Teheran's uranium enrichment programme. Thus, Iran is a specific case of the general problem presented by the inherent potential of nuclear technology to both civilian and military ends. Approaches to dealing with a long-term, ambiguous, latent nuclear weapon threat, whether Iranian or other, are suggested.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberN/A
Pages (from-to)1-26
Number of pages26
JournalCambridge Review of International Affairs
Volume25
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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