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Iran's Nuclear Challenge

Iran's Nuclear Challenge Iran’s nuclear ambitions did not begin with the onset of the Islamic revolution in 1979. The nuclear program actually started in the early 1970s under the Shah, who, with the assistance of West Germany, France, and South Africa, sought to construct an infrastructure of nuclear power plants. Approximately $40 billion was earmarked for this ambitious project, whose purpose was the construction of at least twenty reactors. Suspicion lingered that behind the Shah’s declared desire for nuclear energy lay a determination to construct COLIN DUECK is assistant professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University, and the author of Reluctant Crusaders: Power, Culture and Change in American Grand Strategy. RAY TAKEYH is a senior fellow in Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic. Political Science Quarterly Volume 122 Number 2 2007 189 POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY nuclear weapons. Indeed, the Shah’s former foreign minister, Ardeshir Zahedi, has all but confirmed such concerns, noting that the Iranian strategy at that time was aimed at creating what is known as surge capacity, that is to say . . . the know-how, the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Political Science Quarterly Oxford University Press

Iran's Nuclear Challenge

DUECK, COLIN; TAKEYH, RAY
Political Science Quarterly , Volume 122 (2) – Jun 1, 2007
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Oxford University Press
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2007 The Academy of Political Science
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0032-3195
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1538-165X
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10.1002/j.1538-165x.2007.tb00596.x
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Abstract

Iran’s nuclear ambitions did not begin with the onset of the Islamic revolution in 1979. The nuclear program actually started in the early 1970s under the Shah, who, with the assistance of West Germany, France, and South Africa, sought to construct an infrastructure of nuclear power plants. Approximately $40 billion was earmarked for this ambitious project, whose purpose was the construction of at least twenty reactors. Suspicion lingered that behind the Shah’s declared desire for nuclear energy lay a determination to construct COLIN DUECK is assistant professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University, and the author of Reluctant Crusaders: Power, Culture and Change in American Grand Strategy. RAY TAKEYH is a senior fellow in Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic. Political Science Quarterly Volume 122 Number 2 2007 189 POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY nuclear weapons. Indeed, the Shah’s former foreign minister, Ardeshir Zahedi, has all but confirmed such concerns, noting that the Iranian strategy at that time was aimed at creating what is known as surge capacity, that is to say . . . the know-how, the

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Published: Jun 1, 2007

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