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07 Oct 2009 - Mark Fitzpatrick - Assessing Iranian Nuclear Developments

Mark Fitzpatrick speaks on "Assessing Iranian Nuclear Developments"

 

On Wednesday 7 October 2009 Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation, spoke on “Assessing Iranian Nuclear Developments”.


Developments concerning the Iranian nuclear issue have been moving at a fast pace.  Revelation of the second enrichment facility at Qom, intelligence agency and internal IAEA assessments about Iranian work on weapons development, and the outcome of last Thursday’s meeting in Geneva create a new and often conflicting picture of Iran’s capabilities and intentions and prospects for a diplomatic solution.  Mark Fitzpatrick, Director of the IISS Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, led a discussion meeting to help IISS members understand what it all means.

 

Listen to the discussion (55:47 mins)

The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Avoiding worst-case outcomes

AP 398: The Iranian Nuclear Crisis

By Mark Fitzpatrick

 

This paper explains how Iran developed its nuclear programme to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a short time frame, and analyses Western policy responses aimed at forestalling that capability. Key questions are addressed: will the world have to accept an Iranian uranium-enrichment programme, and does having a weapons capability mean having the Bomb? 

 

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