Assessing Iran’s Nuclear Program

Assessing Iran’s Nuclear Program

from The Diplomat by The Diplomat

The Diplomat's Assistant Editor Harry Kazianis speaks with Matthew Kroenig, associate professor at Georgetown University and Stanton nuclear security fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss Iran’s nuclear weapons program: Please give us your thoughts on the latest IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program. The report is significant because an independent international organization has provided detailed evidence that Iran has conducted work on nuclear weaponization. This makes it much harder for Iran to claim that it's only interested in nuclear energy, and shifts the debate from whether Iran is developing nuclear weapons to what to do about Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Do you feel there is any “smoking gun” that implicates Iran in trying to build a nuclear weapon? The report describes research and experiments conducted by Iranian scientists that are only relevant to the production of nuclear weapons. They have no other plausible rationale. In your view, is it Iran’s intention to ... Read More...