What happened
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran has released a 25-page open letter to the public, justifying the country's nuclear energy posture as peaceful, normal, and economically necessary. Iranian officials claim that their nuclear program is needed to power the domestic grid, allowing them to save oil for export. However, this claim has been disputed due to its lack of economic reality.
Iran's insistence on enriching its own uranium, rather than buying ready-made fuel rods from global suppliers, has been deemed astronomically expensive. The country has spent billions of dollars building fortified underground enrichment facilities, which has triggered international sanctions and crippled its economy. Additionally, Iran's geography, with its high solar potential, makes nuclear energy a less viable option.
The Iranian regime's nuclear trajectory has been analyzed, and it is believed that their goal is to master the full fuel cycle, providing them with a latent nuclear weapons capability. This has led to skepticism towards Iran's claims of a peaceful nuclear program, with many believing that their economic arguments are disingenuous.
