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Deal With Iran's Nuclear Issue, Khadijeh Salimi, Regina Karp
Deal With Iran's Nuclear Issue, Khadijeh Salimi, Regina Karp
Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications
In December 2006, the UN announced the first resolution against Iran's nuclear activities. After many sanctions and negotiations, there still exists no definite agreement between parties over Iran's nuclear program. The objective of this study is to determine whether Iran's nuclear program has become Iran's identity. It is assumed that if the nuclear issue has not become Iran's identity, negotiation would be a useful threat. The Constructivists' approach for shaping states' identities was used in this study to analyze Iran's behavior toward the nuclear issue. Iran has a long history of civilization. Iranians can trace heritage back to The Persian …