New Delhi, March 30 -- Even as the West Asia conflict enters its fourth week, political scientist Professor Robert Pape has underlined the close relationship shared by Pakistan and Iran, highlighting how Pakistan had given Iran between 600 and 900 centrifuges between 1990 to early 2000, when Iran was just starting to develop its own program.

In an exclusive interview with ANI, Pape was asked, since there weren't many military options in 2002 to take out the Iranian nuclear facility that was being built, about any options to interdict the country that was smuggling in that nuclear technology know-how.

"Oh, the Pakistan. Oh, yes. Yes, you could try. So at that time, just to, and I was analysing this at that time, I didn't start the offici...