Anglo-Iranian Relations Revisited: The Case of the Proposed Nuclear Company of Britain and Iran

Speaker: Ali Ansari, St Andrews University Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE In this talk, Professor Ansari looks at the Iranian proposal in 1977 to establish a joint British-Iranian nuclear company which would have entailed the construction of up to twenty nuclear reactors in Iran in return for significant Iranian investment in British Industry. Had the deal been followed through, it would have marked an unprecedented shift in British-Iranian relations. Professor Ansari charts the rise and fall of the negotiations and what they reveal about the nature of Iran’s relations with Britain. Recorded 19 November 2014.