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Publication Date: May 2005
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Author(s): George Perkovich
Research Area: Military and defense
Type: Brief
Coverage: Iran
Abstract:
Nothing about Iran is easy. Everything about it is complicated. This essay begins with assessments of whether Iran intends to build nuclear weapons and whether its technological activities prove or disprove its intentions. Under current international rules, some activities that may lead to nuclear weapon capabilities are allowed as long as there is no evidence that a state intends to build nuclear weapons.