"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Much of the work for nukes went on during Khatemi's Presidency, during which this supposed moderate (he is, but it's relative- he still hates the Jews) and Clinton made overtures to Iran. Ironic that during the time relations were frendliest in nearly 20 years, the Iranians progressed rapidly toward nukes.