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Iran as a Pioneer Case for Multilateral Nuclear Arrangements

Citation: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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We examine the possible use of a multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran to end the current nuclear crisis with that country. Based on our experience with Iraq, that only the most intrusive inspections can both prevent a country from obtaining weapons of mass destruction and reassure the international community, we propose a multinational enrichment facility on Iranian soil. This proposal satisfies the West's bottom line--that Iran not obtain nuclear weapons--and what we believe is the bottom line of Iranian moderates: that some form of uranium enrichment takes place on Iranian soil. We examine the political, financial, and technical aspects of such a facility. Such a facility has broader implications for the nonproliferation regime and these implications are also addressed in the paper.

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