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RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE TEMPLATE NAME Brogan Faso I. Thesis: Iran’s possession of a fully operational and bountiful nuclear facility provides the Iranians with a source of power; however its presence, in an unstable Iran, presents many possibilities for danger and future nuclear war. II. Argument 1: Iran’s possession of a fully operational and bountiful nuclear facility provides the Iranians with a source of power A. Sub point 1: Iranian land and factory uses. 1. Support 1: “Tehran has said it plans to carry out uranium enrichment therefore purely peaceful reasons”. (BBC News, 1) 2. Support 2: “Experts believe that technically it could produce enough highly enriched uranium for a bomb within a few months”. (BBC News N, 1) 3. Support 3: “Iran also denied suggestions that it had sought to cleanse the military complex, called Pachin, to eliminate any trace of incriminating activity” (Gladstone, 2) B. Sub point 2: How the nuclear facility aids Iran as a nation. 1. Support 1: “The site is a military site, and conventional military activities are being carried out in this site” (Gladstone, 2) 2. Support 2: “Iran insists the uranium enrichment is for peaceful purposes” (Gladstone, 2) 3. Support 3: “However they do not stop the trade in oil and gas, the major source of Iran’s income” (BBC News, 2)

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NAME Brogan Faso

I.  Thesis:  Iran’s possession of a fully operational and bountiful nuclear facility provides the Iranians with a source of power; however its presence, in an unstable Iran, presents many possibilities for danger and future nuclear war.

II. Argument 1:  Iran’s possession of a fully operational and bountiful nuclear facility provides the Iranians with a source of power

A. Sub point 1:  Iranian land and factory uses.1.       Support 1: “Tehran has said it plans to carry out uranium enrichment therefore purely peaceful 

reasons”. (BBC News, 1)

2.       Support 2:  “Experts believe that technically it could produce enough highly enriched uranium for a bomb within a few months”. (BBC News N, 1)

3.       Support 3: “Iran also denied suggestions that it had sought to cleanse the military complex, called Pachin, to eliminate any trace of incriminating activity” (Gladstone, 2) 

B. Sub point 2:  How the nuclear facility aids Iran as a nation.1.       Support 1: “The site is a military site, and conventional military activities are being carried out 

in this site” (Gladstone, 2)

2.       Support 2: “Iran insists the uranium enrichment is for peaceful purposes” (Gladstone, 2) 

3.       Support 3: “However they do not stop the trade in oil and gas, the major source of Iran’s income” (BBC News, 2)

III. Argument 2:   The nuclear presence, in an unstable Iran, presents many possibilities for danger and future nuclear war.

A. Sub point 1: Current Iranian politics1.       Support 1: “The rise of nuclear Iran appeared to be a forgone conclusion on the eve of the 

Iranian presidential elections of June 12, 2009” (Gold, 3) 

2.       Support 2: “As the power of the military grew, even the Islamic Republic’s clerical leadership held less sway”(Gold, 21) 

3.       Support 3: “It is a very efficient measure…it can cripple the banking sector of Iran” (Gladstone 1)

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B. Sub point 2: Denial of nuclear inspectors1.       Support 1: “Iran did not oppose a visit but first wanted an agreement on what the inspectors 

would be allowed to do” (Gladstone,2) 

2.       Support 2: “They are confident that Iran has no secret uranium enrichment site outside the preview of U.N nuclear inspections” (Iran usa nuclear, 1) 

3.       Support 3: “Instructed to discontinue its communication services to Iranian financial institutes that are subject to European transactions” (Gladstone, 1)

Sub point 3: Nuclear potential

1.       Support 1: “Western nations and Israel say it is a cover for developing nuclear weapons capacity” (Gladstone, 1) 

2.       Support 2: “ Iran has masterminded this crisis to divert international attention frantic nuclear weapons program” (Evans,1 )

3.       Support 3: “Confidence that any Iranian move toward building a functional nuclear weapon would be detected long before a bomb was made” (Iran usa nuclear, 2)

D. Sub point 4: Aggressive behaviors and international relations.1.       Support 1: “The UN has imposed four sets of sanctions, in security council resolution 1737, 

1747, 1803, and 1929”. (world middle east, 1)

2.       Support 2: “wiki leaks revelations have shown that gulf Arab state have urged the US to attack Iran” (BBC News,1)

3.       Support 3: “The window for solving this issue diplomatically is shrinking” (Gladstone, 1) 

V. Restated thesis (state differently than the one above).