India and Iran: WMD Proliferation Activities

Abstract

Members of Congress have questioned whether India's cooperation with Iran might affect U.S. and other efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. India's long relationship with Iran and its support of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) positions on nonproliferation are obstacles to India's taking a hard line on Iran, yet the Bush Administration has asserted that U.S.-India nuclear cooperation would bring India into the "nonproliferation mainstream". India, like most other states, does not support a nuclear weapons option for Iran. However, its views of the Iranian threat and appropriate responses differ significantly from U.S. views. Entities in India and Iran appear to have engaged in very limited nuclear, chemical and missile-related transfers over the years, and some sanctions have been imposed on Indian entities for transfers to Iran, the latest in July 2006.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 08, 2006
Accession Number
ADA479100

Entities

People

  • Sharon Squassoni

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Weapons
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Commerce
  • Control Systems
  • Corporations
  • Export Controls
  • Foreign Relations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Law
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Fuels
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • United States
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security