“Sir John Thomson has been promoting the idea of converting Iran's enrichment facility into a sophisticated multinational operation. He deals in this letter with the two
The Iranian nuclear crisis: a risk assessment
Sir John Thomson argues that the Western approach to Tehran, currently led by the Bush Administration, is unlikely to halt Iran's uranium enrichment program, and may even contribute to the worst case scenarios: a war with Iran and an Iranian nuclear weapon. He concludes by surveying three options for the nuclear program: “mothballing,” “pilot plant,” and “multilateral enrichment facility.”