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After years of threatening Josef Stalin on Iran, Russia finally agreed to remove its World War II occupation force from Iran where Russia hoped to include Irans oil in the Soviet sphere. The West, led by President Dwight Eisenhower, devised a plan that would forever prevent Russia from again attempting to annex Iran by equipping Iran with its own nuclear weapon arsenal which could not be simply given to Iran by the US. As a means of creating Iran's nuclear weapons industry, Ike developed an "Atoms for Peace" plot that would serve as a cover for Iran's nuclear weapons creation in the guise of a nuclear energy program. On December 8, 1953, President Eisenhower delivered his "Atoms for Peace" speech before the United Nations General Assembly. In partnership with the US, Iran's "Atoms for Peace" program officially began in 1957 and continued until 1979 when Iranian mobs attacked the US embassy, severing formal relations for the next thirty-five years. Authorized for Active Duty and Ready Reserve Service service during the Operation Period.