A Push for Candor on Iran Nukes ; the International Atomic Energy Agency Has Given Iran an Oct. 31 Deadline for Opening Its Nuclear Sites

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As the deadline looms for Iran to prove that it has no secret plans to build an atomic bomb, Iranians are being forced to make a choice.

Will Iran guarantee to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its advanced nuclear program is for energy only, and permit snap, go-anywhere inspections? Or will Iran decide - as it eyes nuclear Israel, Pakistan, and India, and with US troops now deployed along its borders in three directions - that it must have a nuclear deterrent that also appeals to national pride?

"We have not reached the fork in the road that tells us if this is for military or civilian use," says a senior Western diplomat here. "But if it is …