Iran expands nuclear ‘bunker’ sparking fears of weapon development

Another analyst told i that the carrot rather than the stick remained the best approach for now. Darya Dolzikova, research fellow in nuclear policy at the Royal United Services Institute, said: “I don’t think it’s inevitable at all that Iran would decide to pursue a nuclear weapons capability. Recent comments from Iranian officials suggest that Tehran feels it has gained a certain level of deterrence from its current capabilities – short of weaponisation."