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Congress’s Only PhD Physicist on Iran’s Nuclear Program

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President Trump has embroiled the United States in yet another war in the Middle East, and at the heart of his shifting reasons for striking Iran with the help of Israel is Iran’s nuclear program. Against this backdrop, CISSM Research Assistant Samuel M. Hickey sat down with Representative Bill Foster (D-IL-11) in April 2026 for an episode of the Nukes of Hazard podcast to discuss the big questions about Iran’s nuclear program, how we got here, and what our next steps should be.


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