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Documentary: How America Created Iran's Nuclear Program

By Lindsey Moon
Published September 21, 2015 at 1:29 PM CDT
Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum
President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his Atoms for Peace speech at the U.N. General Assembly in 1953. As part of this program, the U.S. helped Iran and other countries develop civilian nuclear technology based on the belief this would keep them from s

The United State's new deal with Iran about its nuclear program is just the latest in a story that stretches back more than 50 years.

During this hour on River to River, NPR’s Steven Inskeep talks about the history of Iran’s nuclear program and its connection with the United States, which starts with a nuclear reactor that was built on the campus of Tehran University in 1957.

Ali Vaez, the International Crisis Group’s senior analyst for Iran joins the conversation. Listen to the full story on NPR's website.

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Lindsey Moon served as IPR's Senior Digital Producer - Music and the Executive Producer of IPR Studio One's All Access program. Moon started as a talk show producer with Iowa Public Radio in May of 2014. She came to IPR by way of Illinois Public Media, an NPR/PBS dual licensee in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and Wisconsin Public Radio, where she worked as a producer and a general assignment reporter.
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