The Iran nuclear archive: impressions and implications. Issue 2 (23rd February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arnold, Aaron; Bunn, Matthew; Chase, Caitlin; Miller, Steven E.; Mowatt-Larssen, Rolf; Tobey, William H.
• Is Part Of: Intelligence and national security. Volume 36:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 230
• Page End: 242
• Publication Date: 2021-02-23
• Subjects: Espionage -- Periodicals; Intelligence service -- Periodicals; National security -- Periodicals; 327.12
• DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2021.1857086
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0268-4527

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A review of selected on Iran's nuclear weapons program seized by Israeli intelligence confirms that: senior Iranian officials had decided in the late 1990s to actually manufacture nuclear weapons and carry out an underground nuclear test; that Iran's program to do so made more technical progress than had previously been understood; and that Iran had help from quite a number of foreign scientists, including access to several foreign nuclear weapon designs. The archive also leaves open a wide range of questions, including what Iran's nuclear-weapons-related plans and activities have been in 17 years since 2003.