These social policies, biased in favor of the poor, help explain why Iran’s Human Development Index (HDI) has been relatively positive. . ... In other words, Iran’s national development will suffer if today it tries to maintain a fervent, ideological adherence to an..…

If Iran continued to develop their nuclear program in silence and performed tests like India and Pakistan, the US would not have intervened in their case. ... This means that the pressure on Iran will carry, preventing Iran from expanding their program to develop..…