《IRAN'S NUCLEAR OPTION TEHRAN'S QUEST FOR THE ATOM BOMB》

Introduction1

PART I: THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN25

1 Iran: Its People and Government27

2 The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-198845

3 Iran's Shi'ites: Provocative and Driven67

PART II: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PURSUITS83

4 How Close is Iran to Building an A-Bomb?85

5 Doomsday Scenario109

6 Iran's Multi-Stemmed Centrifuge Program: An Overview131

7 Nuclear Link-up: South Africa and Iran151

8 Case Study: South Africa's Atom Bomb175

PART Ill: IRAN'S TROUBLED ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS193

9 Building Guided Missiles to Hit Israel195

10 Iran’s History of Terror213

11 Iran’s Unconventional Weapons237

12 Pasdaran: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps253

13 What’s Next? 271

Appendix A The Russia-Iran Nuclear Connection299

Appendix B IAEA Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran315

Appendix C Iran's Economy and Oil and Gas Resources325

Appendix D How Saddam Hussein Almost Built His Bomb341

Appendix E Close-Quarter Observations: The South African Nuclear Weapons Program359

Appendix F Iran’s Missiles: Devils in the Detail373

Appendix G Pasdaran's Protege Hizbollah383

Acronyms, Technical, Arabic, and Persian Words and Phrases403

Acknowledgments413

Notes423

Index439