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Iran declares to aim at developing nuclear energy andmastering the whole cycle of nuclear combustion. After the withdrawal ofWestern experts, Russia took over the building of nuclear plants, without clearly explaining what it really intended to do. Nowadays Iran has no international assistance, either to complete the nuclear plants, or to achieve full control of the nuclear combustion cycle. Going forward seems difficult, even though Iran has proved capable to mobilize a good deal of energy to attain its target.Reza Khazaneh, PhD, is the former Director of the Center of Nuclear Technology (Ishapan).