In this week’s Demystifying Iran, Professor Mohammad Marandi exposes a rarely acknowledged fact: #Iran’s nuclear program began in 1957 with full US backing under the Atoms for Peace agreement. The #UnitedStates even helped build Iran’s first reactor, while #Germany and #France moved to supply nuclear technology. At the time, Iran’s nuclear ambitions were "a celebrated symbol of modernity," Marandi says, adding, "There was no crisis" or "threat". That narrative only emerged after the Islamic Revo

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