Across Iran, Nuclear Power Is a Matter of Pride.

Discusses how a widespread sense of national pride complicates any attempt to persuade Iran's leaders to give up parts of its nuclear program. Efforts of European negotiators regarding nuclear nonproliferation in Iran; Failure of a United Nations conference on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to address loopholes that the Americans and Europeans fear Iran is using to pursue nuclear weapons; Suggestion that Iran's attachment to nuclear development is rooted in its own tumultuous history; Significance of Iran's colonial struggle to control its oil resources; Attitudes of Iranians; Outlook.