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Iran’s nuclear ambitions under the shah and ayatollahs

McGlinchey, Stephen; Choksy, Jamsheed K.

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Stephen McGlinchey Stephen.Mcglinchey@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Jamsheed K. Choksy



Abstract

During the 1970s, under the last shah, Iran’s nuclear program seemed to be gearing up so that nation could gain the option of declaring weapons capability if deemed necessary and at a point when the international community could no longer forestall it. So re-examining activities during the Pahlavi dynasty and using them as a context for the Islamic Republic’s more recent actions casts light upon motivations for pursuing weaponization and intransigence in reaching accommodation with the West after the rise of the ayatollahs, despite differences between the two Iranian regimes.

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Mar 30, 2012
Deposit Date Apr 29, 2013
Publicly Available Date Apr 15, 2016
Journal Small Wars Journal
Print ISSN 0737-1217
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 3
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/948703
Publisher URL http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/iran%E2%80%99s-nuclear-ambitions-under-the-shah-and-ayatollahs
Contract Date Apr 15, 2016

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