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May 22, 2019 | Author: The Iran Project | Category: Nuclear Program Of Iran, Enriched Uranium, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Technology
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Weighing Benefts and Costs o Military Action Against Iran.

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Weighing Beneits and Costs o Military Action Against Iran

D F Cz,

T pp   -    p  pv A u u           u     I—    u     . F     u

A  up       U S v  p  U.S.  u,  upp  pu    p, “W  B  C  M A  I.” W ppu  u   pp     u  jv, p      . W   u  u   x,        v p     p p. W , v, v   p  u   pu u   p   A    . W  v  p    U S p— pu  I   p  p    p u, u u u  u   . T pp    u    . I   jv p     pqu  k u  u     I:      jv, vu  p   U.S.   v  jv, p  x ,           p. W   p   A pp     p   u     u p  A  u. A T J  , “I  pu   z        pu,    ,        p.”” T pp k  u    “ p.  ,”  z      qu    u    pv I  qu u p.

Tis document is published by Te Iran Project; the content is the collective view o the signers. 2 weighing beneits and costs o military action against iran

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Signed and Endorsed by:

Signed and Endorsed by:

Morton Abramowitz, Amb.

Richard L. Armitage

Ellen Laipson

Jessica T. Mathews

Samuel Berger

Zbigniew Brzezinski

William G. Miller, Amb.

Gregory S. Newbold, LtGen.

Nicholas Burns, Amb.

Stephen A. Cheney BrigGen.

Sam Nunn, Sen.

Thomas R. Pickering, Amb.

Joseph Cirincione

Edward P. Djerejian, Amb.

Paul Pillar

Joe Sestak, RADM.

James Dobbins

William J. Fallon, Adm.

Brent Scowcroft, Gen.

Ann-Marie Sl aught aughter er

Leslie H. Gelb

Chuck Hagel, Sen.

Paul Volcker

James Walsh

Lee H. Hamilt Hamilton on

Stephen B. Heintz

John C. Whitehead

Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Col.

Carla A. Hills

Frank Kearney, LTG.

Timothy E. Wirth, Sen.

Frank G. Wisner, Amb.

Daniel C. Kurtzer, Amb.

William H. Luers, Amb.

Anthony C. Zinni, Gen.

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  C Letter ................................................................................................................................ 1 Executive Summary ................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 15 Shared Understandings ........................................................................................ 16 I. Timing, Objectives, Objectives, Capabilities, and Exit Strategy Strategy or Military  Military   Action Benets & Costs o Military Strikes Strikes on Iran . .......................... 21 I.1 iming ................................................................................................................ 21 I.2 Objectives ........................................................................................................... 23 I.3 Capabilities ......................................................................................................... 24



P  u        u—    , ,     v   xp  u .



From President Obama’s Nobel Prize Speech

I.4 Exit Strategy ....................................................................................................... 26

II. Benets o a Military Action ......................................................................... 29 II.1 U.S. Military Action Action.......................................................................................... 29 II.1.1 D  u  II.1.2 Wk Wk     u u u  II.1.3 D   p II.1.4 D   u p p II.1.5 B p    U.S. U.S. II.2 Israeli Air Strikes .............................................................................................. 31

III. Costs o Military Action .................................................................................. 33 III.1 Costs o Direct Iranian Retaliation ................................................................ 33 III.1.1 R    U.S. U.S. III.1.2 R   I I III.1.3 C  S  Huz III.2 Costs o Indirect Iranian Iranian Retaliation ............................................................. 35 III.2.1 I   Hz III.2.2 Cv   III.3 Escalation......................................................................................................... 37 III.4 Regional and Global Costs.............................................................................. 37 III.4. 1 A p k     I u p III.4.2 I k  I I   u  III.4.3 G      III.4.4 Ru     u u   U.S. U.S. III.4.5 W u u   ? ? III.5 Te Costs i Tere Is Evidence o a Decision to Weaponize. ......................... 41

Primer on Iran’s Nuclear Program and Other Activities ......................... 44 4 weighing beneits and costs o military action against iran

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Weighing Benets and Costs o Military Action against Iran  American Presidents have proclaimed or over a decade they they would “take no option o the table” to stop Iran rom building a nuclear bomb—leaving the door open or military action against Iran under certain circumstances.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER  At a time when debate on this this critical issue is oten driven by politics tics and based on



I    v  v   pp. I v  u,      p up     . T  p       .

 Abraham Lincoln



unexamined assumptions about the ability o military action to achieve U.S. objectives, this paper seeks to provide a oundation or clear thinking about the potential use o orce against Iran. The paper’s authors and signers, a bipartisan group o  senior national security experts, recognize that this debate is part o a broader conversation about U.S. policy toward Iran. But we believe that it will be impossible to make a rational assessment o the role o military orce in any overall Iran strategy, without rst careully assessing the likely benets and costs o military action.  This paper draws rom a large reservoir o inormed analysis analysis and opinion, all o it publicly available (including unclassied intelligence reports). The pape r is act-based when possible and straightorward about areas o disagreement or uncertainty. Given the quantity and richness o research on many o the issues treated in this paper, we have had to summarize some important exper t discussions in the endnotes; we encourage interested readers to consult those notes or urther details. Our proessional judgments, when oered, are clearly identied as such. This is not an advocacy document; we hope that our balanced consideration o this highly charged issue will help readers draw their own inormed conclusions as to the wisdom o a military action against Iran.

SHARED UNDERSTANDINGS  The authors o this paper brought to their their task some shared understandings that provided our diverse group with a common perspective. • We recognize that military action against Ira n is being contemplated because a nuclear-armed Iran would pose dangerous challenges to U.S. interests and security, as well as to the security o Israel. • We are mindful that Iran has twice in the past attempted to expand its nuclear program secretly—eorts that were detected and halted—and that Iran is currently in violation o United Nations Security Council Resolutions requiring it to cease enrichment activities. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which 6 weighing beneits and costs o military action against iran

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monitors Iran’s Iran’s nuclear program, continues to call or clarication o Iran’s evasive responses to questions about the past record o deception. Nor has the IAEA been able to gain ull access to Iran’s military acilities to conrm the current status o an Iranian nuclear weapons program that intelligence ocials believe was halted in 2003. In addition, Iranian leaders have repeatedly made statements that have threatened Israel and that have been interpreted as challenging the right o the State o Israel to exist.

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 The assessments assessments highlighted ighted below below are treated in greater greater detail and with ample source citations in the paper.

HIGHLIGHTS I. Timing, Objectives, Capability, and Exit Strategy. The U.S. has signaled that it is prepared to implement “all options”—including the use o military orce against Iran, should sanctions and diplomacy ail—i or when there is a clear indication that

• We agreed not to address broad questions about the United States’ commitment to

Iran has decided to build a nuclear weapon. Ater deciding to “dash” or a bomb,

nuclear nonprolieration that would be raised by a U.S. decision to use orce against Iran

Iran would need rom one to our months to produce enough weapons-grade

to head o a nuclear weapon, including whether the United States would continue to

uranium or a single nuclear device. Additional time—up to two years, according

use orce against other nations that might decide to develop nuclear weapons. Rathe r,

to conservative estimates—would be required or Iran to build a nuclear warhead

we ocused on questions related to the particular case o Iran.

that would be reliably deliverable by a missile. Given extensive monitoring and

• We believe that the use of military force should be a last resort and must be accompanied by a rigorous analysis o likely benets and costs. • We chose not to address alternatives to the use of force in this paper, but will make that the ocus o a uture paper.

surveillance o Iranian activities, signs o an Iranian decision to build a nuclear weapon would likely be detected, and the U.S. would have at least a month to implement a course o action.  According to ocial al statements, statements, the the objective ve o U.S. U.S. military tary action on at that that point would be to prevent Iran rom developing a nuclear weapon. In our judgment, that

• We acknowledge that the potential benets of military action against Iran are easier

objective is unlikely to be achieved through a military action that relies on aerial strikes

to describe concisely than the costs o such action—especially the long-term costs,

supplemented by cyber attacks, covert operations, and perhaps special opera-

which are more speculative, and the costs o possible unintended consequences.

tions orces. Ater reviewing many studies on this controversial question, we have come to believe that extended military strikes by the U.S. alone or in concert

• We recognize that there is disagreement on a number of the most important ques tions addressed in the paper. We agreed to explain those disagreements objectively and base our own judgments on careul review o expert analyses and opinion. • Our aim is to provide facts and analyses that could inform discussion of an urgent security challenge in an election year.

OVERVIEW  The paper paper is organized organized aroun around d questions that U.S. leaders and citizens should

with Israel could destroy or severely damage the six most important known nuclear acilities in Iran, setting back Iran’s nuclear program or up to our  years. Our inormed estimate is that a military strike by Israel alone could delay Iran’s ability to build a bomb or up to two years. In our view, Israel could not replicate the success o its earlier surgical strikes against single reactors in Iraq and Syria, since Iran’s nuclear sites are numerous and widely dispersed, with one (Fordow) buried deep underground. I no lasting resolution o tensions over Iran’s nuclear program can be achieved in the atermath o U.S. and/or Israeli attacks (as discussed below, we

ask themselves when contemplating any military action: At what point is the

believe military action is more likely to reduce than enhance the prospects or such a

use of force justied? What would be the objectives of military action? Do we have the

political resolution), attacks might need to be resumed at some uture point.

capacity to achieve those objectives? What is our exit strategy? What are the likely

We note that there is a marked lack o consensus and clarity in Washington

benets of using military force in this situation? What are the costs, both immediate

about what the U.S. should aim to achieve through any military action against

and long-term? A primer on Iran’ Iran’s s nuclear program concludes the paper.

Iran. Privately, some national security experts and advisors may have embraced the more modest objective o delaying Iran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon, as a step toward prevention; but some others may have embraced objectives that are ar broader than ocial statements currently suggest. Even in order to ulll the stated

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objective o ensuring that Iran never acquires a nuclear bomb, the U.S. would need

also disrupt Iranian gover nment control, deplete the Iranian treasury, and raise

to conduct a signicantly expanded air and sea war over a prolonged period o time,

internal tensions—although we do not believe it would lead to regime change,

likely several years. I the U.S. decided to seek a more ambitious objective,

regime collapse, or capitulation.

such as regime change in Iran or undermining Iran’s infuence in the region, then an even greater commitment o orce would be required to occupy all or part o the country. Given Iran’s large size and population, and the strength o  Iranian nationalism, we estimate that the occupation o Iran would require a commitment o resources and personnel greater than what the U.S. has expended over the past 10 years in the Iraq and Aghanistan wars combined.  The more ambitious the objectives objectives o military action and the longer onger the confict goes on, the more dicult it would be to design an e ective exit strategy.

• Help to deter nuclear weapons prolieration. U.S. military action against Iran’ Iran’s s nuclear program may also reduce the odds that other countries in the region will seek nuclear weapons. I Iran ’s nuclear program were set back, key regional players such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkey, and Egypt would eel less pressure to pursue their own nuclear programs. U.S. military action might also deter others—inside and outside the region—rom pursuing their nuclear ambitions, earing that i they do, it might invite a similar U.S. response. We estimate that unilateral Israeli military action could set back Iran’s nuclear

II. Benets. We recognize that the objectives and targets of any military action

program or up to two years, given Israel’s more limited military capability. Israeli

against Iran could well range rom very limited to quite broad. In estimating that

strikes could damage or destroy the Natanz enrichment acility; the conversion

preventive U.S. attacks could delay or up to our years Iran’s ability to build a

acilities at Esahan and Tehran; and the suspected nuclear weapons- development

nuclear weapon, we are assuming the deployment o American air power, drones,

acility at Parchin. Israel could not do great damage to the deeply buried

sea-launched missiles, and perhaps special operations orces and cyber attacks

Fordow enrichment acility, without resorting to riskier ground attacks.

or several weeks or more, seriously damaging hundreds o targets. Such a military action could produce the ollowing benets: • Damage or destroy Iran’ Iran’s s declared major enrichment acilities at Natanz; the uranium conversion acilities at Tehran and Esahan; the nu clear research complex in Tehran; the partially completed heavy water reactor and production plant (that could be used to develop plutonium) at Arak; and some centriuge production installations. With more difculty, difculty, a U.S. air campaign would also damage or destroy the Fordow enrichment acility (which is buried under 200-300 eet o rock). • Damage Iranian military capabilities, including its air deenses, radar, air orce elements, command and control acilities, and much o Iran’s direct retaliatory capa-

III. Costs. In addition to the nancial costs o conducting military attacks against Iran, which would be signicant (particularly i the U.S. had to carry out thousands o sorties and i it had to return to the use o orce periodically or years to come), there would likely be near-term costs associated with Iranian retaliation, through both direct and surrogate asymmetrical attacks. Serious costs to U.S. interests would also be elt over the longer term, we believe, with problematic consequences or global and regional stability, including economic stability. A dynamic o escalation, action, and counteraction could produce serious unintended consequences that would signicantly increase all o these costs and lead, potentially, potentially, to all-out regional war.  Among the potential costs discussed in this paper are the ollowing:

bility, such as the main military bases and acilities o the Iranian Revolutionary Guard

• Direct Iranian retaliation against the U.S. While some argue that Iran might hold

Corps (IRGC) and o the Iranian Navy, Army, and Air Force. Strikes would also target

back using orce in order to avoid provoking a larger scale confict, we believe that Iran

non-nuclear acilities suspected o being used or weapons development, such as

would retaliate, costing American lives; damaging U.S. acilities in the region; and aect-

the Parchin site.

ing U.S. interests in Iraq, Aghanistan, the Gul, and elsewhere. Iran would draw on its extensive conventional rocket capability and IRGC anti-ship missiles, small submarines,

• Demonstrate U.S. seriousness and credibility, showing Iran that the U.S.

ast attack boats, and mine warare in the Gul. Iran might attempt to close the Strait o 

is determined to prevent it rom acquiring a nuclear weapon and showing other

Hormuz, which could rattle global markets and cause a signicant spike in oil prices

Middle Eastern governments that are concerned about Iran’s regional ambitions

(as well as blocking the main ar tery or export o Iran’s own oil).

that the United States is committed to their secur ity ity.. U.S. military action could

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• Iranian strikes against Israel. Israel. Iran would hold Israel partly responsible or any

• Damage to the United States’ global reputation and increased credibility 

attacks, whether or not Israeli forces par ticipated in military action. While Israel’s

or anti-American extremist groups. groups. U.S. military action, especially i unilateral,

anti-missile and civilian deense programs are strong, sustained air strikes by Iran

could urther alienate Muslims and others worldwide, reinorcing the view that the

would result in casualties and damage to acilities, perhaps including the Israeli

United States resorts too oten to military orce. An attack on a Muslim nation could

nuclear complex at Dimona.

enhance the recruiting ability o r adical Islamist groups, including Al Qaeda. Even

• Indirect retaliation by Iran. Iran . Attacks by well-armed proxies such as Hezbollah or Shiite militant groups in Iraq, as well as by Iran’s covert orces and the IRGC

though some Sunni Muslims might be pleased to see attacks on Shiite Iran, the likely impact on U.S. stature in the Muslim world would be negative.

Qods Force, could be even more damaging to U.S. and Israeli interests than direct

On the contested issue o whether military action would weaken or strengthen

Iranian retaliation. Such indirect retaliation on could include the use o missiles and rockets

Iranian public support or the current regime, we conclude that U.S. and/or Israeli

by proxies as well as terrorist attacks and covert action, such as sabotage and

strikes are more likely to uniy the population behind the government than

assassination. I Hezbollah were to make heavy use o the missiles and rockets it has

to generate resistance.

deployed in southern Lebanon, that could expand the confict, possibly leading to a regional war in the Levant.

Some o these costs would be mitigated i a U.S. strike were to occur in response to Iranian actions that clearly revealed an intention to develop a nuclear weapon.

• A potential potential breakdown breakdown o o hard-won hard-won global global solidarity solidarity against Iran’ Iran’s s nuclear

Such actions might include the expulsion o IAEA inspectors and withdrawal rom

program. We believe that if Iran’s nuclear program is attacked by the U.S. or Israel

the NPT, or the launch o a crash program to raise existing supplies o low-and

in the absence o an international mandate or a multinational coalition, support or

medium-enriched uranium to a weapons-grade level o enrichment. Given the time

maintaining sanctions against Iran could be substantially weakened. Weapons sales

required or Iran to progress rom the decision to weaponize to possession o a

to Iran that are now prohibited by sanctions could resume, as might the sale o 

reliable, deliverable weapon, the United States would ha ve an opportunity to

materials that could be used or making a nuclear weapon.

develop international support or multilateral action against Iran, including urther

• Increased likelihood o Iran becoming a nuclear state. state . While it is not impossible that aerial aerial attacks attacks could drive Iran to the negotiating table, we believe that military action probably would reduce the poss ibility o reaching a more permanent political resolution o concerns about Iran’ Iran’s s nuclear program. In act, we believe that a U.S. attack on Iran would increase Iran’ Iran’s s motivation to build a bomb, beca use 1) the

sanctions, additional negotiations, and the use o military orce. While the costs associated with Iranian retaliation would not signicantly be altered i other nations approved or joined in a U.S. military strike, the longer-term costs to U.S. interests would be somewhat lessened. ❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘❙❘

Iranian leadership would become more convinced than ever that regime change is the goal o U.S. policy, and 2) building a bomb would be seen as a way to inhibit

This Executive Summary cannot do justice to the extended debates and months

uture attacks and redress the humiliation o being attacked. Iran could also with-

o study that have gone into preparing the paper that ollows, or to the rigor o the

draw rom the Nuclear Non-Prolieration Treaty (NPT) and end all cooper ation

 research and analysis that buttress its ndings. Our aim throughout this eort has

with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), leaving the international

 been to present the best possible assessments—based on a large body o expert 

community with greatly reduced knowledge o Iran’s nuclear program.

 analysis and opinion—o how the use o military litary orce against Iran might contribute to or detract rom resolving one o the most critical security challenges now acing

• Global political and economic instability, including disruptions in energy  supply and security . A U.S. and/or Israeli attack on Iran could introduce destabilizing political and economic orces in a region already experiencing major

the United States. We hope the acts and proessional judgments we have assem bled will stimulate inormed inormed debate and refection among citizens and leaders alike.

transormations. In addition to costing the U.S. economy hundreds o billions o  dollars yearly, a sustained confict would boost the pr ice o oil and urther disrupt an already ragile world ec onomy. 12 weighing beneits and costs o military action against iran

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Weighing Benets and Costs o Military Action Against Iran

introduction A p v p  v     u k “ p    ”  p I  u  u —v   p     I u  u. A   k I u v pu p  U.S. . Y     u   v  p    ux up u       v U.S. jv  p . T pp pv  u   k u  p u   



D  u u   xp    pp   . T  u  , ,  u. Franklin D. Roosevelt



  I. I    v u. I u  ,  p up    u   p xp,    v  u     p p pk    . N   p p  pv   p     I u p. Ou p   u    jv u    p  pk,  pu,   p. W z   u  p    v  u    v     vu p. Bu   v     p  k            v I  u  u   k      . T pp     v     p,    pu v;    u     pp        u   v    v  v. T pp  -  p   u     u. Gv  qu         u    pp,  v   uz  p xp u   ;  u    u    u . W z   p k      U.S.  I k  u  p qu  u  . Ou p ju  u qu   . T pp  z u qu  U.S.   z u k  v  p p   : A  p   u   ju? W u   jv   ? D  v  p  v  jv? W  u x ? W   k   u     u? W   ,    -? A p  I u p   v u  pp. W p  u       u  p      u         I.

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INTRODUCTION

SHARED UNDERSTANDINGS

     ,       jv v.

T u   pp u   k   u  pv u

T      I, I,     (  pu,  - -

v up    ppv.

),   u     p—p v     u qu,   p  p    

• We recognize that military action against Iran is being contemplated because a nuclear-armed

I   u p  . T      v 

I u p px  u   U.S.   u,    

  “B”  “C”    pp.

 u  I  p     M E. • Te paper necessarily grapples with a number of key strategic questions on which there is • We are mindful that Iran has twice in the past attempted to expand its nuclear program

—u     k   I p  u  u

—     —  I  u  v  U

p;     U S u k  I   u    u

N Su Cu Ru N Ru qu     v. T I-

 u p;  p p   k      I ;

 A E A (IAEA),   I u p, u  

  p p  I . I  ,  p ju p 

   I vv p  qu u  p   p. N

 pp    u v      xp   p.

  IAEA     u   I      u u   I u p p    v    2003. I

• In oering this rigorous and objective assessment by a bipartisan group of national security 

, I  v p    v  I  

p, p ,    p -pz u   u u   

v  p       S  I  x.

 .

• We agreed that in this paper, we would focus on the particular case of Iran, and not on broad qu u  U S   u p  u    k I     u p. Bu  z  u p  u qu : W  U.S. u  u ,    p,  upp     pp  p  u p, k    N  K     (u  Su A, Ep,  uk)     vp  u p? W  u v  u  u    v vp   u p? Wu   pp     I,    U.S. v  p     p   ? • We believe that the use of military force should be a last resort and must be accompanied by   u     u    v,    . • We have chosen not to address alternatives to the use of force in this paper, in order that we  u    z       . A  v     v p,   p  uk u      p pp. • It quickly became clear to us that articulating the potential benets of military action against I     k    u p . S p

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Iran’s Nuclear Program: Overview W  I u p    p   ,    v      vv     uu. Nu uu uu    1%   p ( )  uu uu   u p;  u     u  v ( U.S.   90%)  u   . Wu   uu (HEU),  I u Wu p  u  p. I u   kp    uu,  LEU (3.5%),   u  u  u,    upp  u  uu,  MEU (20%),  I  u u      p. Du      , uu      20%  v     u  u p  u     p pu p- uu (WGU). I  u         p.   , E  ,  u  v  uu,  E u       .  , Nz  F,    . Nz           uu  quk  F F.. B  uu, pv p  , u F  u u p    u  p. T U S   I A E A  (IAEA,  p  z  p   U N) v xv k     I I   u , u  p  p v    Ak  u p 

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 u  pu puu— puu— v u    vp   u  vp u  p p.. T IAE IAEA A u u  v  ,,    u  ,  P,     up  p vv vv  u I  p    u  u p. B  qu IAEA p,        p   up  I, U.S. U.S.   v xp   I    u  , u u       —u  p—      u      . I   ju   I u p vp p u p  2003  ;  IAEA u  k    u u. I   I p p- k   IAEA v     ,  U S     u     I     -u   vp v  u u   vp  vp   u p. Hv  uu      v  —u    p  k   u HEU ( puu). Gv I u u p  kp   uu,        v  u,  u v, vv  u   u k I      u    p,        .  . A      u  qu    u     v   . U S   v     vp  u p     I I Sup L. For additional background and source citations, see the Primer on Iran’s Nuclear Program and Other Activities at the end o the paper.

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I.

TIMING, OBJECTIVES, CAPABILITIES, AND EXIT STRATEGY FOR MILITARY ACTION I.1. Timing.

 U S     u  k  -

  I          I    u  u p. T I v,   P M Nu,   u-p I   “x ”     u    pv I  v  p  pu  u p. M     U.S. C   p  upp  I p,  U.S. 



L u  k  k  Rpu    D , u   . L u  k  x     p. L u p u  p   uu uu.. John F. Kennedy



 v  I   “p”  vu pu  u p,   u    . Bu  xp   ju,      ,   u    k  I Sup L. 1  O     I u  pp  v  u p. 2 H u  U S k  u  I   — p     pu               Sup L? W         ,  v   U S    u  v  qupp     I   u   p    u p . F xp, I A E A (IAEA) p u   v  I     uu  20%   ; u v u   p , v    xp  I  v  -p pup—u   v   xp,    p  I   p. 3 O u,   I   xp  IAEA p   u  I I  u ,  u    k  . T U S   x p    I   u  p-vp . T    uv    v   ,  A       pv  . I , I   p   “” u   — ju   U S   IAEA, u     .   u  , p u p p, I u   v  u      u v  k  -qu xp  u  4; u v u    . W     p   u,  v  u  x u  I    u p v  p vp. N       u-p,

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PAR I.  TI MI NG , OB JE CT IV ES , CA PAB IL IT IE S, AN D EX IT ST RAT EG Y  FOR MILITARY ACTION

PAR I.  TI MI NG , OB JE CT IV ES , CA PAB IL IT IE S, AN D EX IT  STRATEGY FOR MILITARY ACTION

u I         u       

  puv  ju    u     -

p  pu     p.5

u, u  U N Su Cu. W I    

W I  p  pu          uu

p   “ ”      ppu  k  

(HEU),,  u k     (u  xp v   (HEU)

,  U.S. u          —I uk  -

u     u   ). 6 I  p       

 p p—    k pvv  .

 u       uu  u,      -

R, u,  -    I  k  

p   u p p u    . H,

uk     v v   p   I

 u   u   u     u  u p;  

 u    puu vp   u p. Gv 

 u p    u  p k    qu,

p uu u   U.S.  I;  p  I

 p u  xp. T   pu        HEU

ppv   u-p I;   v   p  I

 uj  , p   u  p  p u

     u  u p,  v   k  

v     z  I I kp    uu, pu 

     ppv, u   I     U.S.

20%  uu. 7 Cvv,  u k I      u 

/ I, u    u u I I  .

-  p,        qu    u

T    p u  u pp.

  u   v   .8 I ,   k   U S u v    v      k    —  . U U     -   pu u  

I.2. Objectives. U.S. p     jv   

 I u   pv I  vp  u p.9 A  p  v  jv u    v  x

   pu  p,   -     u ,

 p,  u   U.S.      ? A

     k u   . A  , 

    ,    vv  k,  k,

p-  uu (WGU) u  u   z (25 k);

v p,  p p   u   v   

 pp ,  u     u   . T u

 I p   kp. Bu  u ju, p u  

  v       . . W  u k    

I I  u p  uk;  I u     p 

I    WGU   u   p,     U

 xp    u p       .

S    u pvv  k u  u. I , 

W v  x  k   U.S.     

 u    WGU         

I u  I   u    up  u —   

 vu  (u p u).

p   u   p,   , ,   k

T      I    k  p,   puv  ju     u     u,, u  U N Su Cu. I  I     u

 xu . 10 A  k  I ,       p, u  I   u    up   . 11 T   pv   I   u  u

  Nu N-p   (NP),   IAEA 

p u    ,    jv  . 12 Au 

v,  p  u - p,   u  

      p u    jv, 

         . I  ,  U.S.

 u  v  k k  u    v-

u     p  x   p   v   

  u   U S u   v u   

    k I. T  pp    k  p,

  I. Pv,   W  v    

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PAR I.  TI MI NG , OB JE CT IV ES , CA PAB IL IT IE S, AN D EX IT ST RAT EG Y  FOR MILITARY ACTION

PAR I.  TI MI NG , OB JE CT IV ES , CA PAB IL IT IE S, AN D EX IT  STRATEGY FOR MILITARY ACTION

- jv   I   u  u p,   p 

   u u  v k      A

pv; u    v  jv      -

u. F k p u , k I I  F F   

  u u. Exp   jv     

(  200–300  uu),  U.S. u u  B-2A   

 p u: 1)   u  ; 2)   I  

  GBU-57 Mv O P (MOP),  30,000- “uk-u”

 p    u  u  puu  v p   ,

. Exp  u          p  

pu    I;  3)   I  pu  U.S.  -

    F .15 T U S u  v  p

    u p, u  I I    I;  upp 

 u , ,  p p     -vu . 16

Hz  H;       I pp.

T U.S. u           u  p

I   u   jv  pv I  v qu 

k       k ,  I u   v

u ,  U.S. u   u   xp    

quk  xp p    IAEA. (T U S   u  v

v  p p  , k v . I   u    

   k,  IAEA p u  u   .) I  U.S.

u jv u v,  v    , u

   pu            k ,

p   u, u  qu  up   p    u. 13 A  

   up v  k u  , x  u  

  ju  pu v u,  v   u

 p.

uk     up I. W W  jv    

A I  k u      - k p-

xp u , k u  p  ,    I u

   I A F, u u u u-u u   

qu    u  p u      U

u  ‘J    I . T I  k p 

S  xp v  p     Iq  A  

  F-15I  F-16I - - -   2,000 -  5,000-

(u   I I   z  ppu      I ,   u I I   u   Iq,  v I  1980).

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uk-u ; KC 707  u k;     upp  (  u). 17 T I v  vp  p    -1990  v u  z  x  v v  .18 I

I.3. Capabilities.

W v    k —  U.S.  I

 k u p   J  Iq p  k I, 

 —u  u    p   I v qu  u

 u     u  I, u  u  Iq A F 

, u u pu      u   I   vp  u

 p  p u  u. 19 I u p  k v  

p. I   ju,   u   U.S. u p  u

p   p  I    Iq   

    v p  I,   k  u  

up I. A I k u k  p (      

 v   k,  . (F  pup   pp,    

    )   pp, u      p 

 u   -  p u -  

    xv U.S.  p. 20

p, p   p- ,  u  u  “ .” W

I pu,  I  k  uk  u    v

   p  vu  k p  v    k—v

u   F     kp  20% 

 p     —u    v  p-u

uu    . 21 T k   -  p 

   uj   u  p  u  u .)

F   k   I v  v  u k  

Su   u u   I     

 I upp    uu (LEU)   I   pu

 ,      v   up,

 u,  F  u p. 22

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PAR I.  TI MI NG , OB JE CT IV ES , CA PAB IL IT IE S, AN D EX IT ST RAT EG Y  FOR MILITARY ACTION

I.4. Exit Strategy. Qu u x   vu   

qu u  jv   . Gv  k   u  jv   k  I,  p u vu  u  u     v  . M jv       v , p  p  . I -  k v   jv   I I u p—    jv  p, u  p  — x     . O u,   k ,  u    u pp p   pu (u u u  u p  )    pu   u. W    u   u  pp  u   v    qu  ,      “B”  “C” “C”   . I     u   u I u    I k  u  u p,  U.S. / I       p     p  p. O   ,   U.S. jv         I I   p  v    —    p    u- u    p— p u    vp  v x . A  U.S. xp  Iq u,      v  x  p  p       u qu     p u.

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I    k p      v  U.S.   I  ,         . II.1. U.S. Military Action. W    ppv U.S.   u

  up  u  I   u  u p.23 Su   u   u    I I  x u ,  k  I  



T    u    ,    p, p, u u       v     u. Thomas Jefferson



 u u ,    I I  p. I    p  I u p,    k   u v  p    U S. II.1.1 Damage to nuclear acilities. Su U.S. k u    I

j    Nz, pu  v   E   (  p  v u u x);   p v     pu p  Ak;   u pu . W      u  p     uk-u    F, F, p  u u           p  I I  kp  20%  uu    —u k   p  u  .24 T I u p u v  -xv    v   ( u v  v p)  u   . T u   u u     u. I k  F     2007, 25 u    u        v u       . A   p  I   u  F, u    v  up  u . W    p  xu p   I u u   ,      p   p    .26 II.1.2 Weakened ability to rebuild nuclear acilities. I   u 

u p u  p  k    u p  pu  . O   ,    p   pu   u  v   I   p  p, I u     p 2,000   u   k       u k   F  Nz Nz 

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PAR II. BENEFITS OF MILITARY ACTION.

PAR II. BENEFITS OF MILITARY ACTION.

 ( u u 10,000–11,000 u).27 O  

II.2. Israeli Air Strikes.

 I upp       I  v  p  

I I  u ,   p  I  p,     

pu  u  u        k. Tu,

I k u  I   u  u p  up   . 31

    p   v   v u

I u v, I u  p  u    u k 

p,   u p  . T u      u

   Iq  S,  I u   uu   

 p  p   k. 28 I I     p  v  

p,   (F) u p uu.

 F ,  u v  u  p uu  pp p      ,    u   u. II.1.3 Damage to military capabilities. T U.S. u       -

   I  ,   ,   u k     ,    I  p u         k-u . I ,  u        I Rvu Gu Cp (IRGC);      

Gv  xv, ,  p u  

I   u k  u       Nz,   v  u E  . I u  k   p  I 3.5%  uu kp. Suu k  u pu  u u  pp I   u  u p. Su I  k p  I     up p vp  u  P, I v   p u     .

I I   , ,  v. T U.S. u      up   vv  k  u p, u  P. 29 II.1.4 Deterrence o nuclear weapons prolieration. U.S.    I

u p   u     u     k  u p. F,   pv u    ,  u    U S    p  u    W W p     . Mv,  I u p   k, k  p u  Su A, uk,  Ep u   pu  puu   u p. S,  U.S.      —  u  — puu  u ,      ,   v   U.S. p. II.1.5 Broader geopolitical b enets or the U.S. U.S.   u 

  I v A   pv I  qu  u p. I u up v , p  I u,   , ,  , k  . 30 T      up,   j  xp  v   k u   I    k  (      “C,” . T u   u  u  A   p     M E    u I I   . .

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III.

Costs o Military Action

T   pvv    I, v   jv, u           u  up qu      v xp  u  . Ovu,,  u U.S.      I u Ovu    u  u p         pu    .



S      I / A   u 

F  Su T.



z . (W (W  k  u    I ,      u  v  p,  u  , pu   U.S.    u u        u   u   p    .) 32 Ak I u  v p -    qu   U S. T    v  -      u  , u  

Ronald Reagan

u u I       ,  u    k  up  u qu. I    u pp,    pv         I ,      p uv     v     p p  k I. III.1. Costs o Direct Iranian Retaliation.

S u  I u  

  k   p   k,     pvk  v     U S.33 W v, v,  I u ,  v  u   U.S. pp     . I u     k /k k   k k,,    I  U.S.    . I   p  vp  p    u p,   k u p   p  v  (u  v  vp   p).34 A  u , I p     z  p   100 v    p  k    , u I35—u  p   u        U S  p   p  p   . 36 W  k  p    I    p   ,    vp upp  p  k       u, u   u  p   pv   v. 37

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PAR III. COSTS OF MILITARY ACTION.

PAR III. COSTS OF MILITARY ACTION.

III.1.1 Retaliation against the United States. I p   U.S.  p,

 D. I  v   u  pp p    

I u v  v  x       k 

 U.S.   .

 ju  I (   I     v  U.S. vv); vv); u I u   u  A p    p. R

III.1.3 Closing the Strait o Hormuz. I u p    S  Huz

u   k vv I  v  p. I u

    k. N 20%   xp  pu—u I

  v   ,   x p,   u -

 xp—p u  S  Huz.42 A   k  S u

u U.S.    , I  ( I u v I  p -

up     u  k (   k    

p   U.S. k),    . W I I    

xp  I  ), u      pu p  p 

   k  v    A  k  I    

 p , u  C,   u k  p

, I k v  u  p k A  I z,

  I    k  u  pv. N, I

   z   u   U.S.    . I u 

 u       S u vz  pu 

u  v     k U.S. p,  v  ,   .

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I  u up  v p v  p  , pu   P

 U.S.  -. Dp  v j   U.S. Nv  p  p,

Gu. W I I  v p—  -p ,  

I  u    S    v k  p  u

u,  k ,  —u u  v   U.S.

u     u  v   - -p  

Nv, I u k v    p   P Gu  

   .43 Su  u vu u v  p . 44

u   U.S.   p. 39 T IRGC Nv u   u

Ev  I   k    S,  k  I u k 

 k   Gu. T u Nv p  u  Gu  

pu  p pk   p — , u   I v

 v     .40

 u   p . E   v k u

I    vv v , I u kp U.S.  p, u, / v  v   p .

u  k  pu  p pk. T    p   v u k   I u  p,   u      IRGC Nv u     P Gu,

III.1.2 Retaliation against Israel. I p   I  k, I u u

  v v    S.

  I . W I I    u  I I   ( u k  upp  U.S. ) u p   

III.2. Costs o Indirect Iranian Retaliation. I   I-k

p,  u  u. Au I u p   I I k 

px u  Hz,   I I  v  —u   Rvu 

       v   , 41  u v 

Gu Q F—u u  u    k  px   

 u  pp .

 k  v , u    .

S I   v u    I up k  Iq Iq Ok  S D z-Z  pvk     u, I    . T  uk  u. W   I u k   U S   ,       I p ,   u  u      u  u   I  . I u  I    u   k  ,   I u px 34 weighing beneits and costs o military action against iran

III.2.1 Indirect retaliation by Hezbollah. I   p qu    Hz

u   I   U S k I. Hz  u  I        p  u p   k I. Hz  u   I k  I u   ,  u   p  upp  Hz  u    . (H  v k   u, u    

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PAR III. COSTS OF MILITARY ACTION.

PAR III. COSTS OF MILITARY ACTION.

u   P–I  k    k.) Y Y v 

III.3. Escalation. A I  u   I  U.S. p 

S v u u  Hz,   p v  

 u  pvk  I p. T qu  u,

A   upp. A u k A   p  S v-

u   p  u u,      k 

 u   uu  Hz; p   u A,

   p    k—p u    

Hz    u  u  u    I. 45

   p ju   v   pv     

I Hz ( pp H)     k ,  u 

  . Gv  “  ,”  v  uu u,  

   I   xv k   . Hz

 u   , ,     v  vk v

 p      u  2006 ;  up u-

  u p, u  u   u 

  u  - k   (I  50,000) p

   u. 50

   I.46 A, I I D -k   —   v  p ,  U.S. —u u  k, 

III.4. Regional and Global Costs. T -     U.S. 

u I    Hz . Bu  u  u k

 v  u  . Rz     p u  

v,  pp ,   k  I . Hz u 

     p,       p

u  k  I  I .

 .

S  2006 ,  Hz  I v  pp,   ,   x . C  p      k  I           T I vp   u P ppu,   v      p   j        Lv. 47

III.4.1 A potential breakdown in global solidarity against Iran’s Iran’s nuclear program. T

U S u k k  k        I,  p  pu    u . Bu   U.S. / I  up k I I u p u u  , -  upp     I u  u k. C  Ru u u      I,  

III.2.2 Cover t retaliation worldwide. worldwide. I u  u     v

 p  k I   U S    u    M E. T u  I  v  ,   v    p  . T Q F  p    2011 p  k  Su    U S;  vv  Q  u  u   uu p        u     up u . 48 Lk, I  v   px v  p     p   Bu, I, T,  G (p       I u   I).49 T x  I   u u  v p  u, v   u  p, u  u     Bu      k    u  M E. Ev    uu  k u k    u p, p,   . Mv,   k    xp   , I u pv  p . 36 weighing beneits and costs o military action against iran

Eup   pu k      u k. 51 I u     u  , Mu  -Mu -Mu k,   v  uju A / I  . S   p     v v  I;  v   I       k v ju  . T k       u     u p   k        I u p. 52 W  k  pv     I,    p  I  v  upp     p. F xp, Ru      I v u--  (SAM)  u k uu k  I    u. Ru  u      u   u U.N. , u     u  v  k  I. 53 A, I   v      qu    v  u-pup   p   u   u . S   I   v   uju weighing beneits and costs o military action against iran 37

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k           I. T u

p. L  IAEA p  I u  k  p   

p  I  pu  v u   u  u 

u I u p, u  k u    u

  pu, v    . 54

  u u u   u.

III.4.2 Increased likelihood o Iran becoming a nuclear state. A    

III.4.3. Greater regional and global instability, including the possibility o increase d

  u   u  u v   p   p  

terrorist recruitment. A U.S. / I pvv    I u

    p p u   u I I u p-

   ppu   u p vp   

 (    u I I      u   

“A k”   S v     x xu, pp u

 U.S. u     M E). O u,     

      . I  pu u  p  

pu  k  v I    —u  k  

 U.S. k  I u        S, v  

 v       k       pu (u

xu   I ,  A   S,  Hz,   U-

u  u  u p) pu u  u. R,   

 S v upp   S  . W  U S-  

   ,  u  x u  puu p

 I u p pv  U.S.    v  Su

u u  u  I  u  pu— 

A     Gu S,  p    A pu  k  

uk, u  p. A  v,    v I pu-

v  U.S.   v   , pu  Ep. A k 

      ,  U S u p p v  u u

I u   pvk    I,  u 

    - .

    ,   v , u pp  p   I

I ,  v   U.S. k  I u   I I v  u  .

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A     ,   

P p p,  u v     U.S. u . Mu   p    u p   u  x     

u      Bu . 56 W    v

,     I   U.S.  I,  u  I

 I I Sup Sup L    u u vp  u p,

,   uqu I / U.S. p. L- I 

 v v  I I    u   p  k 

u     k  p up      ,

   pv    . A  k  p k, I I -

u   p  v.

p u   v  v         U.S.

I ,  v   k  I u     

p. T   u   u  k   u , 

I up, u A Q,  u   . I    qu  

 up   u p u p     uu  u

  , u  Iq  A  ,  u p   k 

U.S.  . Bu u   u    u  

I    ppu  up       U.S.     

k    p,     j v  I u

I. Ev u A Q Su    p  k   S

p   .

I,  u    u  Mu u, 

I       p   u p,  pp v  v  u k u  , I u    

u   u  xp  k. I   u    S up  Iq  u k

NP    p   IAEA. Su  u v  

 U.S.  ,     ,  . W U.S.  

p  U.S. p jv    p  -

v p  Iq, u  U.S.  upp p, p, v

   ,  v   u u     I u

,  u pp . R  Iq u k    

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PAR III. COSTS OF MILITARY ACTION.

PAR III. COSTS OF MILITARY ACTION.

- k k  U.S. p     k 

    ,   u  u   up . 60 I,

v;   u  u   v, u  kpp U.S. z. I

 2011  p  L u , v     v  

    -- upp  p up  A

u,  k u    u   x p  upp

 ,     v  U.S. p.

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G,      k    p    58

   u upp    p     pu    p. O u,     p   v k 

  ,      M E u   j upv   

I u    u   p   

    u    . W  pp   p 

 p   I . Su   u   

            ppv k  I,

pp        p  I. 61 Bu  u v,  k

 u   u  u  v  u   k,

   k     ,  p,  pu. 62

u,  v.

Wu    I   u upp     I ppu? T    k, ju   

III.4.4 Reduced regional and glob al infuence or the U.S. O    u

upp    I pu      Iq k  1982 

u  u  qu      I u   

uu  u, -   . 63

U.S. pu     . 59 Su  u u    I

Ev   p u  pu   p p   k

  U.S.  k  . I I k    v  U.S.

  v   k,   v ( u   v 

j,  pp     U.S.   ppv  k. I  U.S.

uk),        I    u      u.

k, p u  v     v       I  u  u p,  pp       U.S.  k

III.5. The Costs I There Is Evidence o a Decision to Weaponize. A 

pvv     u . Mv,   I   U.S.

pvu   I,   v vp  u    U.S. 

  k  I Rpu  I, Mu u   u v v

  u  I       u p. T

   v   U.S.  I     I. Ev u 

u     NP,  xp  IAEA p,  

A  u  pv v, Mu     u -

  I  u   uu  20%. Su   u

  k. W v  U.S. u  u    u u.

  U.S.  u         U N Su 

  u,  p         

Cu (UNSC)      I v  x p u  v

I u p  up,  u  k   u

 qu. I,   v  I   puu    ,

u A    .. T   ju  

 U.S. u k uz  u    UNSC. I   uk  

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PAR III. COSTS OF MILITARY ACTION.

A   ,  u k   U S u   u v   . A  p     I—  —u    u u u     u  I  u u  .

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In Conclusion…

Ou    pp    u           u     u. W v pp    u  k  qu     —u     k   I p  u  u p;     U S u k  I  xu    u  u p;  p p   k      I ;   p p  I . I     qu,  v  -   p ju   u v      xp p. W   u    p up   u  p        p -pz u     u. W p    p ju    pp  p z   k     —   -— u    I.

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 A Primer on Iran’s Iran’s Nuclear Program and Other Activities

T I u p   u     U S    u    . T    pu  2002,   v   I      u   uu   Nz. I   ,  I p   u p  , p  U N Su Cu (UNSC) u (#1696)   I up  uu   p v,   uqu UNSC u (#1737), p    I  u  p       u. T u    u  UNSC u, p    pu I. I p, I U.N.   u  Su Cu  p   I          Nu N-P  (  -u- u   uu  pu pup,   ).64 T  p u   U S  I u  v u p. B  Bu  O   v  ,      ,    pv I qu  u p   p. A   ,  I v,   P M Nu,   u p I   “x ”     u    pv I  v  u p p. M    U.S. C   p  upp  I p,  U.S.   v  I   “p”  vu pu  u p,   u    . Bu  xp  ju      k  I Sup L  u  “p”  k  p. T O     I u  pp  v  u p, u   pp  I    u .

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T U S   I A E A (IAEA) v xv k   u   I. (T IAEA   p z  p   U N     p   pup  p  x u     u  pu u). T U.S. S.   u  x    Nz  F     I      

1. Declared versus undeclared sites and inspections.

T I u p u 24     uj  IAEA p, u       p  k  u p p (,  xp,  p  u  qu  u ). T u j    uu    Nz  F, F,  uu v   E,   u  px  . T p p v    Ak,  u p  u  pu puu   p,   u p. I    p ,         u u p, u   v  pu p    Ak . O      pu  p   u p, u   u,  , u  P,  up  vv  u I  p    u  u p. T IAEA u  v    u    P. 2. Understanding dierent levels o enrichment.

T     U S   u u  I u p u  I uu p  pu   uu (HEU  p- uu). T   qu  u p      uu    v  u 90%   p U-235. O   k p      I     qu (145 k)  u  uu (MEU)  19.75%    R R. R. MEU   u   u      p, u    v  I   p  u    pup. Uu      20%  v    u  HEU  u  u     p  pu p- uu. I    u  kp (u u  )    uu (LEU)  3.5%,  pp  p  u. T kp u   u   u   HEU  u  v u p—   u—u I    .66 Gv I u u p (6,000–10,000 u  Nz

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Cvv,  u k I      u  p v ,        qu    u   u    v   .68

v   p (p  2003), p      pv  U.S.     u   k   I . A   IAEA,  “p  ” (PMD)   I u p  “u-”  I. I    p I p k  p,  IAEA   k p  v up  , u  P. T k   p p    IAEA IAEA , u I    IAEA     I,      NP,  k     .

3. Monitoring capabilities rom enrichment to a weapon. Hv HEU  

   v  k u p,  u qu    ; u HEU ( puu)   u pqu   . Tu,  u  I   pu u HEU  ppp. Du  p  pu LEU, u uu ( k)  v   u  (UF6). T UF6   pu   p  u  p   p (U-235)     . A  v       v       p. I       u  v (E  )      u   (Nz  F). I    v      I  pu uu    ,     u         ,       I I  kp   20%  3.5%  uu. T u      u  u k  p  I   HEU u   u    u    -    . T        I    p v      . T U.S.  k       A        I p  u  (Nz  F) F)    . I u   p    ,   —u  IAEA p     I,         uxp v    I  u     xp u p.

5. Iran’s intention to develop or use nuclear weapons. T U.S.  

v p     I      I v,    pu    . A  xp    k  , I   pu  qu  LEU u  v p  u  p p  u u  pu, u  I   -pu u      LEU. T p    v   . Y     p  I pz    u I I  Sup L k  p   k  p. U.S.     Sup L K     u  . I 2012,  Sup L u -u      (u )    u   vp  u p  “ “  I.” I.” I u    v,  Sup L u  u  p   u. S u  I u      v          u—    I   -u   u u  . I v     u  I I v v,  Sup L  k     v  “k u”     u  u p u pvk    v . 6. The capacity o the IAEA to monitor and inspect Iran’s nuclear program.

4. What does the IAEA know about Iran’s weapons development eorts?

T p     I p p p  uqu    IAEA. T ,   p      U S   ,    -u k    “uu u p ”   u p  2003   u. T  

T IAEA      v    ,      v  pv   . I    , IAEA p v   p   IAEA pu p   v  . T qu p v  u  u k   ;     ;  v   (3.5%, 20%,  )  

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vp  u p. Cu   U.S.  xp “  I   u v  v  ” 69—  xp v,    uk  I u vp  p  p. I u  v    IAEA p  xu      u  u  pu HEU,     pu p- uu. T ,  IAEA   u  v  , u pv   NP, u        u  I  k  p vp.

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1 I p  vu pu  u p, u     ,    p 6   Ju  31, 2012, “U S   R   W T A   U.S. I Cu   S S C  I,” p  J R. Cpp, D  N I. I    (M 10, 2011)   U.S. S C  A Sv, Cpp xp   v    I       u p p, p://-v..v/p/2011/0 p://-v..v/p/2011/03%20 3%20 M/11-11%20-%203-10-11.p. 2 H.RES.568, “Exp  S   Hu  Rpv R R  Ip  Pv  Gv   I  Aqu  Nu Wp Cp” M 2012, p://..v/-/qu/z?112:..568:; p://..v/-/qu/z?112:..568:;  S.RES.380, p://..v/-/ p://..v/-/qu/z?112:. qu/z?112:..380. .380. 3 Fk D, “I Su P M Fu W Nu W,” Ru, Ju 5, 2012. 4 Bu Nz  F    ,  IAEA u   upu v,  I u  

7. Behavioral indicators o possible intent to build a nuclear weapon.

T IAEA    u    u - p;  ; u, ,   ; pu ;  p p   k —  —   I      pz   pp  “ku” v   u p. T    u     xp  IAEA p   . O    u k   p  I  pu  p quk  u,  xp, uu u MEU ( 20%)  u        HEU      p;    u  x  u (IR-2  IR-4,    u      u u  u  I). 70 8. Concern about Iranian activities other than the nuclear program. W

 pup        I u p,    p      u u pk k u    p  k    I, u   jv  p  u . I     v   u I I u p,   U.S.  u  u  I v—u I I   I, xp  I I upp  Hz  H      I v x. T U.S. v    u  I   u   u  U.S.   Iq, A,     —u  u     A  v u

  u    k       kk u  p. I I   u p  ,  u k v . (C H. K, M G. D,  M Iv, “Rk Rv: I, I   B,” C   N A Su, Ju 2012, p. 10.) A, “ p-    u  F  Nz u IAEA u (u  I  p   IAEA),   u  u p    u   u  v  u  u   u u  u .” S J Z, K Kz, J G,  Sv A. H, “I: P M Sk A I Nu F,” C R Sv, R42443, M 27, 2012, p 12–13. W   p  I  v   ,       Nz  F          p. 5 A J W ,  p qu  k    'u  k   I    p,' u  'u  I     u    ?' T p v     U.S.  x  p, p    k   v. I,    ,  p   v   u  u. O pv   p,  xp,  G S, “D  C NuWp-U-M Pu  S I,” INESAP I Bu, N 27, D 2006, pp. 23–26. O  p  ,  J W ( O C), “N  C Nu Wp P,” MI SSP, 2012, p://..u/p/pp//j__v.. F  v v,  Hu G. W, Ax G,  R. S Kp, “T G Cu  Nu Wp P,” Physics oday , 61(9), 2008, p. 40–45., p://. p.u/~kp/Kp%20-%20G%20Cu%20%20Np%20-%20SPLG.p. 6  u p  v v, u     u I  u    u    p;   v   “” uu— u (  1%), 3.5%–5%,  19.75%–20%;   u p- uu  u     (25 k   u p , u  u   ). T u-    Dv A     u 3.5%     9,000 u  Nz,  pu u .5–.6 SWU (pv k u)       25 k. (p://v. (p://v.u.v/x./ u.v/x./-p?C -p?CR_=35 R_=353146-00-43146-00-499-3130856&S_=2 99-313085 6&S_=24-97-45-9-969 4-97-45-9-9699754&C 9754&Cp_=14 p_=149959-5-407-9 9959-5-407-935355671527&Gup_=410302 5671527&G up_=410302-005-4138-841-9 -005-4138-841-900f088&M 00f088&MDp=6&Y Dp=6&YDp=2012). Dp=2012). A  ju      ju- IAEA p, p://..////---u p://..////---u-20120824,0,877367.. -20120824,0,8 77367.. O H   x     ku u   , u   0  u 20% . , p://.p.//2012/01/11/_20_p p://.p.//2012/01/11/_20_p_u. _u. Au L  u  F  u  I  u 1 SWU p  u, u 20% ,   u   

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T  up   I u  k  ""    (  ) u: 1) T v u LEU 

16 I   pv  I,  U.S. u  u    p u v , 

   v (u  v u 3.5%  v  x p, u ' v u 20%    p )—    u  k     uu ()  . T  v u   

u ,  ppv k  v    u  , u,   ,  uu. [S  A (.), p 33.] F    U.S. p    

p ( v     )  u   k. 2) T     p ( pp ju  -

 upp  p,  T Sk, E S,  Dv S, “U.S. “U.S. A F  P Gu,  S  I,”

 )  quk    u     v u      .

New York imes, Ju 3, 2012.

3) T         v  ' k u. 4) T      u   k. T  uk  pp     p   p   u   u  2013   2014. C K (p v), Auu 31, 2012. 8 T     p://.u p://.u.//p/US .//p/USIP_p IP_p_5M201 _5M2012-1.p. 2-1.p. S   D L P u, “T u  ,      ,  u p k  u       pu     p         pu    v v       v  p.” CBS, 60 Mu, S P (v), Ju 10, 2012. 9 T O      I u p  uj   pu  . U.S. S   D L P,  p  " p," u  ,      p I, u   p— p   pu—u pu—u . S, “US   p  I u p,  L P,” elegraph elegraph,, Auu, 1, 2012, p://.p..uk/////944327 p://.p..uk/////9443278/US8/US--p--I-u-p--L --p--I-u -p--L-P.. -P.. A,  P   “I   v   p  pv I    u p.” S, Bk O Rk  A I Pu A C P C, Ju 4, 2008, p://../2008/06/04/u/p/04x-- p://../2008/06/04/u/p/04x--p. p. ?p=. W u               

17 I  p    100 u     v  J . L B, “Bku: I Nu P  M E P,” Cu  F R, Fu 10, 2006, p://../ /-u-p---p/p9822. 18 T u  I p   I u p    W R   Au L, “Ok  Rux? A I Cp  D I Nu F,” I Su, v 31  4 (Sp 2007),  Au L, “C T?” ablet, Nv 2011. 19 T  v p  I    u    k I. A   U.S.   2010, “  k  J, Su A,  Ku u      v   I ”  I u  k    S     u   2007. A p u  v Ku  N Iq v  p   U.S.  NAO . I     k  p       u    p. A U.S.      I k u k   - v: “v  u  p I k  u v  v   I     I p   I,  k  I     u p k  …[] u  v  ppu  k  I u .” F   Z  ., p 27.

    pv  u- I. A,    U.S.   I,  “T T R L: Sx Ov

20 A   I u     k  pu I: I u u   p   k 

 O' I P,” C E, Fu 28, 2012, p://./2012/02/28/--- p://./2012/02/28/---xx-

I. I   pu pu             k    up  u-

v-----p#1.

  p u . T  jv   xz pu  I. I      

10 I I   k  ,  u v   u  x ,  u  p        U.S. / I  k. O   ,  u     pp, I  

      k    k  . T U.S.    p I  p p       k u  . I     I u p    U.S.

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UF6  “v  u (HF)   uu-u uu-u  pu  u u.” T u pv u

29 Au  U.S.       pv I    p,  U.S.  p  

   uu    k v     u  u   p., p://. ..v/uu/u/u6/ppu6/x..

    : Gu B U (GBU)-27 2000-  p  550    xpv,   p   x    . . T GBU-28 5000-  p p   20    

Hv,,  I k  uk  u   F, Hv F, u        . A   p   C  S  I Su (CSIS), “T    [I]  qu   U.S.  uk-u uk-u, , v,     k uu …. u  

100   . A A   CSIS, “T k p   u     uu  k Nz    GBU-28, 5000-  p,  p   20     100   . Z  ., p 29. A u u  “v  uk u” u     U.S.  u  -

u   .” (Z  ., p 30.) A p         k u p p u    kp v. A  I      p  qu     p 

    p   p uk  u p   uu   v u qup. A,  I  p  u   uk-u uk-u   F, “ k  U S

  I   Sp 2011  “ v      I u p   u .” K

 v u        p v   k.” J Wk, “I Uu

Vk, “C I Sp I Nuk E?” ime, Fu 6, 2012

Nu S  Iu  U.S. Buk-u,” Washington Post, Fu 29, 2012.

23 E    U.S.   v . T  p pu ,   2012 U.S.  , 

30 Au v  “  v”   u   ,     p u

u  . S   U.S.    p  u   U.S.  k

  k p u u I   . A, (.), OH, “D,” p 41.

u  , p x v ,   I  u   I k u  pu u  x . E   IAEA   I u p  uu kp    u   F u u ,  p   p  p p,      U.S. . S Mk Mz  T Sk, “U.S. W G S P  I Sk A I,” New York imes, M 19, 2012; J G, “I G C Sk  I Nuk C Wk,” B, M 19, 2012; L S,

31 S    16. A    U.S.  ,              I k,       p pu U.S.   v v    p I . B   up  I      u   F     IAEA ,        .

“W  U.S. Cu B I,” ablet, Ju 11, 2012;  Au L, “S Sp: A D   I Nu

32 T  v u   u    p,      p  k (u v. -),

P  M A,” ().

u (    v.  k-  p),        k k ( u

24 S    12. Cu    u p   MOP u   MOP u p u 60–95   -qu  ( j    u  Q)   u k k      k    v     p p    p  p  . (C.W. Yu, Yu, “P Equ,” Auququ, NM: S N L, 1997). Hv Hv,,    v    u    u    p. 25 K DYu  M D. S, “U.S., A S I H S Nu F,” Washington Post, Sp 26, 2009.

    u     k ),     (  u-) u-) ,   u  x   p-k  . A p u   uv. T     p-Gu W   S Hu Hu  Iq  u $19  p    up   $300   $700 . Sv k, u      u,  k  u,  u k       I u    . I  p         u . S      u  u  pk   p,  u    -    x, p   . F    Sv J. Dv, Kv M. Mup  R

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Endnotes

  U.S.  Z —  k     v   k u.” “K: I W Sk Bk 

52 Spk   u  , G M Dp,  U.S.    J C  S, v,

 Ak,” CBS N, M 20, 2012, p://../8301-202_162-57400874/k p://../8301-202_162-57400874/k---k-k----k-k-k.

"T      p    v,   u  v   u  .” S, K Sup, “A' “A'         S  I,”Te I,”Te Indepen-

38 I  u  I u k p uu   Gu,  k  p     U.S. 5 F, E  K. p 3.

dent (), dent  (), Auu 31, 2012. 53 A K, “Ru E k  M S  I,” New York imes, Sp 22, 2010.

39 O  Nv I, “I Nv F: F Gu W  M Nv S,” F 2009.

54 S Fu 2012  M 2012 IAEA p    u  I v u   u

40 F  ,  E  K, p 9–12. I u k    k  I  U.S .

p  v. F  xp  u I   v   pu  ,  C Sv, “U.S. C M  P  V I E,” New York imes, Ju 13, 2012. T  u “20   

 v, pp  ju  Hz, u px k  U.S. p  Iq  A,    U.S. Nv, kp U.S. v p,    S  Huz.      U.S.  k pvv u, u      Hz        I k  U.S. u

-  , 40   uu   , v ,  p, u u  vuu  qup.”

k  vu p   P Su Iv        U.N. Su 

55 S Må Bu-H, “Rv Ok: Pvv Ak  Nu P Rk,” Internat International ional Securi-

Cu Ru 1701, v up  up   upp  p k. W   

ty, v ty,  v 36,  1 (Su 2011), 2011), p 101–132; B R, “Ok “Ok  I L  I P,” A A C , , M 

p   Gu  O      u kp     P Gu    

2012, p://..//2012_05/Ok__I_L p://..//2012_05/Ok__I_L__I_P __I_P; ;  C H. K, “B Ak

v  . T u      vu  up   p    “u “u-” -” p 

I, I Su L    1981 Sk  Iq,” Washington Post, M 2, 2012, p://.p./p-

u  v   Gu.

/--k---u-k /--k- --u-k--ju-k--1981 --ju-k--1981-k--q/2012/02/2 -k--q/2012/02/28/IQA 8/IQAOMFR_ OMFR_..

N: T   16,000 U.S. p  Iq  90,000  A, A, vu  k (Z  ., p 45). A,      z  k   U.S.,  U.S. u: 1) ju     u u  

56 M H, CIA D   Bu  , “W  k u    v,  -

     u  v ; 2)  -       

u   [k I] u u       pv— I   p   u  u p   u u   .” J R, “Bu “Bu  CIA : W  k I   

   U.S.   p       k; 3)  p, ,

,” T C, Foreign Policy, Ju 19, 2012.

,     up I v p ;  4) p     u,  u,     I, I,   U.S., K  ., p 31.

57 M M, “I    ,  Te Iran Primer, U S Iu  P, Auu 10, 2011. p://

41 I   Eu Bk   Ju 12, 2011, “T     50,000 ,  5,000 k—  v    ,   v 500 .” J H, “I Bk P D k  W  I,” Ru, Nv 8, 2011, p://.u p://.u.//2011/11 .//2011/11/08/u--u /08/u--u. .

p.up.//2011/ p.u p.//2011/u/10/%E2%80%99 u/10/%E2%80%99--. --. 58 E J H pj  p   p   p   I  k   1973 OPEC ,  I Rvu  1978,  1980 I-Iq W,   1990 P Gu W W.. H u   pk “ v k u 4-7 p    pu      p   25-70 p



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65 H.RES.568 “Exp  S   Hu  Rpv Rpv R  Ip  Pv  Gv   I  Aqu  Nu Wp Cp,” M 2012:, p://..v/-/qu/z?112:..568:; p://..v/-/qu/z?112:..568:;  S.RES.380, p://..v/-/ p://..v/-/qu/z?112:. qu/z?112:..380. .380. 66 F u     x,  A S. K  ., Uu E  Nu Wp Wp P (L  N Yk:   F, 1983). 67 T     p://.u.//p/USIP_ p://.u.//p/USIP_p_5M p_5M2012-1.p. 2012-1.p. 68 A  ., “Pv I  G Nu Wp,” Wp,” p 10. S  O H, “T 20 P Su,” F P (), Ju 11, 2012, p://.p p://.p.//2 .//2012/01/11/_20_p 012/01/11/_20_p_u. _u. 69 u Zk  Mk H. “Sp Rp: I  I u   ” Ru: M, 23, 2012. 70 T M 25, 2012, IAEA p    Fu 15, 2012, I  “  p  p   v  up  27% U-235,       v    DIQ”   F . W  A  qu  xp   p   p,  M 9, 2012, I p  “ pu  u p ‘v   vu  pp       p .” .” T IAEA  u   . F    IAEA D G, “Ip   NP Su A  Rv Pv  Su Cu u   I Rpu  I I““ M, 26, 2012. p.6, p://../Pu/Dup://../Pu/Du/B/2012/v2012-23.p.

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