Irans political, demographic, and economic vulnerabilities. Iran s nuclear weapons program was part of a broader attempt to become more selfreliant in arms and technology in the 1980s. Nuclear weapons, the means of producing them, and their potential use play significant roles in international relations and homeland security. Europes split with the us over the iran nuclear deal appears to be based on good political and economic reasons. Increasingly isolated, tehran struggled to acquire arms to fight iraq, which used chemical weapons and had a nuclear weapons program. How serious is the situation, and what might the consequences be. Simpson, iran s nuclear capability and potential to develop atomic weapons in iran s nuclear program, realities and repercussions. The strategic decisions and resulting consequences surrounding the conflict between the united states of america us and iran regarding the iranian nuclear program are formally investigated using a flexible decision methodology called the graph model for conflict resolution gmcr. Consequences of the us withdrawal from the iranian nuclear. This highly controversial dispute caught the worlds attention as concerns were growing that iran would reach.