Episode notes
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