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Mar 15, 2026 16 min

Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon?

from Full Story Hosted by The Guardian

Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons program. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association. She sets out why many experts don’t believe the country even had a structured nuclear weapons program and explains what she thinks the impact of the war could be on nuclear proliferation around the world

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