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Why is Iran's nuclear programme so essential to its identity?

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Why does a country with large oil reserves feel such a need to have home-grown civil nuclear energy?Middle East crisis – live updatesIn October 1978, two leaders of the Iranian opposition to the British-backed shah of Iran met in the Paris suburbs of Neauphle-le-Château to plan for the final stages of the revolution, a revolution that after 46 momentous and often brutal years may now be close to expiring.The two men had little in common but their nationality, age and determination to remove the shah from power. Karim Sanjabi, the leader of the secular liberal National Front, was a former Sorbonne-educated professor of law.

The Guardian     Jun 23, 2025