Abstract Iran is a nation of great concern to the United States with regards to nuclear weapon proliferation. Iran is seen as one of the nations most actively seeking to acquire nuclear weapons capability. In order to understand the actions of Iran, it is useful to determine the motivations the nation may have for creating a nuclear device as well as discuss its capability of doing so. Iran is seen a nation which exists within …showed first 75 words of 2299 total…

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