3,000 years ago, the Persian Iron Horse swept the world and made great achievements for the creation of the Persian Empire. The glory of the past has always been engraved in the hearts of Iranians. Since the beginning of the Pahlavi dynasty, Iran has devoted a lot of effort to the development of its own nuclear industry, but the development of Iran's nuclear industry is full of twists and turns.
During the Pahlavi dynasty, Iran relied on rich oil resources to become the object of competition between the United States and Europe. In the 1970s, Iran's defense spending ranked seventh in the world, reaching $9 billion. Iran, through licensed or technology transfer, can not only produce anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, armored vehicles, helicopters and other weapons and equipment, but also develop a nuclear industry with the help of the United States. You know, Iran's first nuclear reactor was built with the support and help of the United States. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, U.S.-Iran relations deteriorated rapidly, and the two countries not only staged a "war of words" on the international stage, but also put "revenge" into practice. Iran detained staff of the U.S. Embassy in Iran, the United States withdrew all military advisers and technicians working in Iran overnight, and many military contracts signed during the Pahlavi era were canceled.
For decades, the United States and its allies imposed an arms embargo on Iran and imposed a technological blockade, and Iran's military industry was severely damaged. In the meantime, Iran's nuclear industry has also been hyped by the United States as a "nuclear issue" that affects the nerves of the world's major powers. The focus of the debate over Iran's "nuclear issue" is actually the question of whether Iran's nuclear industry is surnamed "Min" or "Jun". Iran has repeatedly promised the international community not to produce and not to possess nuclear weapons, but iran insists that it has the right to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy as a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and that iran's nuclear industry has been monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency. However, the Western countries led by the United States believe that Iran's nuclear industry is in the name of "civilian use" and "military reality", and will stop at nothing to "exert maximum pressure" on it to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.
As the saying goes, what is afraid of what to do, iran is currently only one step away from producing a nuclear bomb. It is reported that Iran has produced 60% enriched uranium and is continuing to promote the development and production of nuclear bomb vehicles. On December 31, 2021, an Iranian launch vehicle was successfully launched into space, and the three payloads carried by this rocket for research purposes were also successfully sent into the designated orbit, which means that it is only one step away from producing a nuclear bomb. In response, the U.S. State Department said that Iran's rocket program has violated a Security Council resolution and is deeply "worried" about it. In the view of the United States, Iran already has the vehicle to throw nuclear bombs, and this rocket launch is related to Iran's nuclear missile program. According to Western media forecasts, if nothing else, Iran could have nuclear weapons at the earliest within two years.
It is worth noting that as a staunch ally of the United States in the Middle East, Israel will never allow any Middle Eastern country to possess nuclear weapons. The day after Iran launched its rockets, Israeli Foreign Minister Rapid explicitly warned that Israel would never allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons and could use force to destroy its nuclear facilities. Rapid also stressed that Israel does not need to inform US President Joe Biden, which indicates that the Israel Defense Forces may launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities alone. Judging from the Israeli army's airstrikes on Iraqi nuclear reactors and Syrian nuclear facilities, the Israeli Foreign Minister's warning is by no means empty. You know, Israel is a small country with no strategic depth at all, so it will never allow any Middle East country, including Iran, to develop and produce nuclear weapons.
In fact, Iran originally had no intention of developing nuclear weapons, but due to provocations and persecution by the United States and Israel, and even repeated threats to carry out "surgical" strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, Tehran had to consider self-protection through the development of a nuclear missile program. As is well known, Israel is a hidden member of the World Nuclear Weapons Club, but the United States has been silent about it and has never asked it to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. At the same time, the United States believes that India is an important force to curb China's rise, so when India did not sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and developed nuclear weapons in a bright and just way, the United States also signed a nuclear energy cooperation agreement with it, which is equivalent to recognizing India's status as a nuclear-weapon state in disguise. In addition, the United States has blatantly violated the spirit of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and braved the world to provide nuclear submarine technology to Australia. To put it bluntly, the so-called "Iranian nuclear issue" is nothing more than a cover for the United States to suppress dissidents and safeguard hegemonism.
At present, the United States is still continuing to exert "maximum pressure" on Iran, especially the United States officially deploys tactical nuclear weapons on its own nuclear submarines, which further stimulates Iran's determination to strengthen the construction of the military industry. In addition, Iran's firm development of the nuclear industry must have learned from the past. In the face of the strong military deterrence and sanctions of the United States, Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi "abolished their own martial arts", destroyed their own offensive weapons and abandoned the development of nuclear programs respectively, but in the end they ended up with the tragic fate of "the country is destroyed and everyone is destroyed". North Korea, on the other hand, has not only not been hit by nuclear weapons, but has gained the ability to protect itself. Therefore, Iran will not easily stop on the road to the development of the nuclear industry.