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Iran isn't building a 'civilian' nuclear program.

JL;DR SUMMARY Daniel Greenfield argues that Iran's pursuit of a nuclear program is not driven by a need for energy but rather an ambition to develop nuclear weapons. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationU.S. Foreign PolicyIranObama AdministrationNuclear WeaponsMiddle East PoliticsNuclear ProgramEnergy ResourcesSanctionsNuclear Negotiations

Places mentioned

Tehran, Fars, Iran
"Tehran at sundown (photo: Mohammad Amirahmadi/Unsplash)"
Bushehr, South Khorasan, Iran
"Consider Irans Bushehr nuclear power plant."
Natanz, Isfahan, Iran
"Iran is not building its deep underground Natanz uranium enrichment complex so far in the earth (that its supposed to be unreachable by U.S. strikes) because it wants a civilian nuclear program."
Libya
"Iran joins Libya, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, and other oil-rich countries as having some of the cheapest electricity prices in the world."
Kuwait
"Iran joins Libya, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, and other oil-rich countries as having some of the cheapest electricity prices in the world."
Iraq
"Iran joins Libya, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, and other oil-rich countries as having some of the cheapest electricity prices in the world."
Oman
"Iran joins Libya, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, and other oil-rich countries as having some of the cheapest electricity prices in the world."
Qatar
"Iran joins Libya, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, and other oil-rich countries as having some of the cheapest electricity prices in the world."
Saudi Arabia
"Saudi Arabia, with $0.053 per kilowatt-hour, did not begin pursuing a nuclear program because it needed to lower its energy costs."
United Arab Emirates
"Neither did the United Arab Emirates. The Saudis and Emiratis became interested in developing a civilian nuclear program only as Irans nuclear program took off."
Germany
"Countries with vast energy reserves and production dont need nuclear energy the way that Germany or France, which depend on imports, do."
France
"Countries with vast energy reserves and production dont need nuclear energy the way that Germany or France, which depend on imports, do."
United States
"Despite these obvious common sense facts, Barack Obamas administrations and some figures in the current Donald Trump administration insist on pretending that a deal can be made to keep Irans nuclear program peaceful."
Russian Federation
"Iran is the worlds third-largest natural gas producer after America and Russia."

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