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Article: Turning Iran away from nuclear weapons
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- Arms Control Today
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
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Situated in a rough, nuclear-armed neighborhood, Iran has for more than two decades been on the short list of states with the potential capability and motivation to get the bomb. Troubling revelations make it clear that Iran is now within closer reach of a nuclear weapons-making capacity than previously thought.
With Iran nearing the nuclear weapons crossroads, the international community must redouble its efforts to persuade Tehran's leaders to accept greater transparency and forego the nuclear weapons route. In the long run, success hinges on whether the United States can fashion a new and more sophisticated strategy to reduce Iran's incentives to acquire nuclear weapons and increase the ...