HISTORY 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Stuxnet, Parchin, Abdul Qadeer Khan
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Post-ww2 iran: oil + geography led to the zone of competition between allies and germany, hten between soviets and uk. British oil industry: 1951: pri(cid:373)e mi(cid:374)ister moha(cid:373)(cid:373)ed mozaddegh"s (cid:374)atio(cid:374)alized oil i(cid:374)dustry. 1953: cia and mi6 backed military coup to remove mosaddegh: 1953-1979: shah mohammad reza phlavi-autocracy (shah since 1941) Modernization, economic growth: 1979: iranian revolution led to the islamic regime headed by ayatollah ruhollah. Nuclear program under the shah: 1967: us atoms for peace program led to the research reactor, 1974: aeoi massive program to build 20+ nuclear power plants, european and us companies competed for contracts. Iran obtained shares in eurodif (enrichment plant is france) and r ssing uranium (british-run mine in namibia, still shareholder: nuclear infrastructure. David albright physicist, former weapons inspector. Analysis of contracted satellite imagery and other intelligence data: 11/11/2014 agreement signed for russia to build two more turnkey npps at.
