Nuclear Iran

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The Iranian nuclear crisis has dominated world politics since the beginning of the century, with the country now facing increasing diplomatic isolation, talk of military strikes against its nuclear facilities and a disastrous Middle East war. What is Irans nuclear programme all about? What is its genesis? There is little real understanding of Irans nuclear programme, in particular its history, which is now over fifty years old. This ground-breaking book is unprecedented in its scope. It argues that the history of Irans nuclear programme and the modern history of the country itself are irretrievably linked, and only by understanding one can we understand the other. From the programmes beginnings under the Shah of Iran, the book details the central role of the US in the birth of nuclear Iran, and, through the relationship between the programmes founder and the Shah of Iran himself, the role that nuclear weapons have played in the programme since the beginning.