Through history, Iran’s relationship with nuclear weapons has had four phases. In the first, it was a model state. When the UN opened the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) for signatures on July 1, 1968, Shah Reza Pahlavi signed it on the first day and ratified it two years later as part of his efforts to increase access to nuclear power in Iran under the White Revolution.
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