Tracing the Costly Failure of U.S. Policy on Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

Iran’s nuclear saga is not a mere regional quarrel—it’s a direct challenge to American national security, sovereignty, and the principles that keep the world order intact. From its initial atomic ambitions under the Shah, through revolutionary upheaval and decades of deceit, Tehran has persistently advanced uranium enrichment, often under global scrutiny yet with limited effective pushback. This timeline reveals how repeated failures by Western powers—especially the United States—have enabled Tehran's dangerous trajectory. When Diplomacy Becomes Appeasement: The Dangerous Drift The pattern is painfully clear. After America once supported Iran’s peaceful nuclear research in the 1960s, the Islamic Revolution transformed Tehran...