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Iran didn’t have a nuclear weapon before this war. But you can see why it would want one now | Simon Tisdall

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Iran didn’t have a nuclear weapon before this war. But you can see why it would want one now | Simon Tisdall
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If lawless aggression by ‘might is right’ nuclear-armed powers spreads unchecked, what other option do middle-ranking countries have?With every bomb dropped, ship seized and blood-curdling threat of annihilation, Donald Trump increases Iran’s incentive to reject his “grand bargain” peace deal and sprint instead to acquire nuclear weapons for future self-defence. Justifying his declaration of war on 28 February, Trump claimed that Iran – and primarily its nuclear programme – posed an “imminent th

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