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In October 2003the Islamic Republic of Iran admitted that it had secretly been producing highly enriched weapons grade Uranium. This revelation shocked the world, as did Iran`s furthur confession that it had been pursing a clandestine Nuclear Programme for nearly two decads. Throughout 2004, the UN and leading European nations tried to persuade Tehran to abandon its efforts to gain a Necular Programme. As Washington and tel Aviv looked on, However the larger question became how to verify the good faith of an avowedly hostile nation, and if all else failed, how to pre-empt the threat by force. In Iran`s Nuclear Option: Tehran`s quist for the Atom Bomb, Al J. Venter lays out in meticulous detail the Mullah Regime`s silent march towards acquiring necular weapons. Itsacquisition through the international black market , and the technological problems it has steadly overcome. He also examins Iran`s Missile Program MIlitary Arm. Of Special interest in this book is a rare look at a rouge Nuclear Weapons program that once secceeded. In traciing the development of Atomic Bombs in his native South Africa, the author provides a grim case example of what the Iranina regime is capable of achiving, as well as a glimpse of a new diaspore of Nuclear Scientists flung off by the end of Aparthide.
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