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Iran’s “Nuclear Box”
In the best traditions of a Persian epic, Tehran has long been able to play on the fear and curiosity of the great powers, leaving them in the dark about the true contents of its ‘box’. Against this background, all sorts of assumptions arise about whether Iran really needs nuclear weapons, which will almost certainly lead to international condemnation and even greater isolation, or whether it is more focused on instilling the idea that it has such weapons that would compensate for existing vulnerabilities, writes Alla Levchenko. The author is a participant of the Valdai - New Generation project.