ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate that Iran’s pace of proliferation activity became much faster since the end of 2000, which coincides with the change of American administration. Not only did Tehran’s course of nuclear action change, but its ways of deceiving the international community and concealing nuclear activity had also altered. Unlike the previous periods, during this period, Iran almost came out in the open and bluntly claimed that it had the right to possess a comprehensive nuclear program and its enrichment activities were also revealed by the Iranian leadership. Although it can be argued that through some quarters this information had already been revealed at that time, it is still interesting to note that the administration did not deny those claims made by others or try to deceive the international community about its enrichment developments. Rather it claimed its rights pertaining to such developments. These new Iranian policies and nuclear developments can be associated with America’s new foreign policies that pertains to Iran in the post-2000 period and, more specifically, after the 9/11 attacks.
