Iran’s nuclear ambitions under the shah and ayatollahs

McGlinchey, Stephen; Choksy, Jamsheed K.

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.

Citation

McGlinchey, S., & Choksy, J. K. (2012). Iran’s nuclear ambitions under the shah and ayatollahs

• 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