Long, fraught timeline of tensions over Iran nuclear program

FILE-- Bushehr atomic power plant is seen Feb. 19, 1985. In 1975 the German firm Kraftwerk Union began construction of the Busher nuclear power plant as part of $4.8 billion deal for four reactors. Iran’s atomic program first came to the country under American aspirations of peaceful energy but later found itself the target of Western fears over the Islamic Republic’s intentions. (AP Photo, File)

Long, fraught timeline of tensions over Iran nuclear program