Contents
Map of Iran ............................................................... 11
Diagram: Nuclear Power Cycle in Iran ........................... 12
Abbreviations and Acronyms ....................................... 13
Introduction .............................................................. 15
1. The US Denial Policy and Its Consequences ............... 23
2. The Politics of Iran`s Nuclear Secrecy ....................... 39
3. Iran`s Unknown Nuclear Politics ............................... 59
4. US Political Origins of the Nuclear Scare .................... 87
5. Israeli Political Origins of the Nuclear Scare .............. 113
6. Choosing Regime Change Over Diplimacy ................ 135
7. The IAEA Comes Up Empty .................................... 161
8. The Mystery of the Laptop Documents ..................... 191
9. Intelligence Failure ............................................... 217
10. The Phantom Bomb Test Chamber of Parchin .......... 243
11. Phony War Crises ................................................ 269
Epilogue ................................................................. 299
Dramatis Personae ................................................... 305
Acknowledgments .................................................... 309