Views on the nuclear program of Iran vary greatly, as the nuclear program of Iran is a very contentious geopolitical issue. Uriel Abulof identifies five possible rationales behind Iran’s nuclear policy: (i) Economy, mainly energy needs; (ii) Identity politics, pride and prestige; (iii) Deterrence of foreign intervention; (iv) Compellence to boost regional influence; and (v) Domestic politics, mitigating, through 'nuclear diversion' the regime’s domestic crisis of legitimacy.[1] Below are considerations of the Iranian nuclear program from various perspectives.
plants. Commencing in the 1950s with support from the United States (under the Atoms for Peace program), Iran'snuclearprogram was initially geared toward...
announced on July 14, 2015 in Vienna. Negotiations for a framework deal over thenuclearprogramofIran took place between the foreign ministers ofthe countries...
Iran'snuclearprogram is made up of a number ofnuclear facilities, including nuclear reactors and various nuclear fuel cycle facilities. Anarak, near...
This is the timeline ofthenuclearprogramofIran. 1957: The United States and Iran sign a civil nuclear co-operation agreement as part ofthe U.S. Atoms...
fatwa forbid only the "use" ofnuclear weapons, but said nothing about their production. Iran has stated its uranium enrichment program is exclusively for...
survived. TheIranian government accused Israel of complicity in the killings in order to disrupt Iran'snuclearprogram. In 2011 and 2012, Iranian authorities...
would lift most ofthe sanctions in exchange for limits onIran'snuclearprograms extending for at least ten years. The final agreement, the Joint Comprehensive...
The Italian nuclear weapons program was an effort by Italy to develop nuclear weapons in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Italian scientists such as Enrico...
against Iran is a controversial topic in Israel and the United States. Proponents of a strike against Iran point to the threat presented by Iran'snuclear program...
over Iran'snuclearprogram". Archived from the original on 18 December 2011. "Iran wants new nuclear fuel talks". 2 November 2009. "Iran'sNuclear Program"...
The People's Republic of China has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and nuclear weapons. The first of China's nuclear...
The Atomic Energy Organization ofIran (AEOI) is the main Iranian government agency responsible for operating nuclear energy and nuclear fuel cycle installations...
by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Iran'snuclearprogram was long suspected of aiming to create a nuclear weapon...
military nuclear weapons program and, as of June 2023, is estimated to have an arsenal of approximately 30 nuclear weapons and sufficient production of fissile...
starts to burst at the seams." ViewsonthenuclearprogramofIran "Manzanita Film Series Presents "Targeting Iran" at the Hoffman center". Tillamook Headlight-Herald...
coordinates) The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (Persian: نیروگاه اتمی بوشهر) is a nuclear power plant in Iran 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) south of Tehran (17...
deal", on May 8, 2018. The JCPOA is an agreement onIran'snuclearprogram reached in July 2015 by Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members ofthe United...
was an Iraniannuclear physicist and scientist. He was regarded as the chief ofIran'snuclearprogram. Born in Qom in 1958, Fakhrizadeh joined the Islamic...
direction regarding thenuclearprogram, as compared to his views 3–4 years earlier, which he had never announced publicly. The decision that was expected...