The United States helped Iran start its nuclear program. Then spent twenty years trying to stop it. Then negotiated a deal that was working. Then pulled out. And now we're bombing the facilities we helped build.

This episode covers:

- Atoms for Peace: how the US gave Iran nuclear technology

- The secret facilities revealed in 2002

- Stuxnet: the first cyber weapon used against physical infrastructure

- The JCPOA deal — what it contained and why it worked

- Trump's withdrawal and Iran's acceleration to 60% enrichment

- Why bombing facilities can't bomb away knowledge

Part of the Iran War Report Context Series.

No spin. No sides. Just signal.

Full transcript: iranwarreport.com/nuclear-program