Iran's Nuclear Program origins...

One year has passed since my inventions held a firm grip on the world's industry and technical age.  The nation of Iran recently broke free from the empire of Egypt once it acquired a substantial amount of nuclear weapons.  The thought of that didn't seem to matter, although Iran directed its interest to the USSR rather than other countries of the world.  Iran seemed to take the path of Libya when it acquired nuclear warheads from Russia.  Soon enough, World War III started to bubble from the fathoms of incompetence when my empire directed its warring attention to Iran.  Russia protected Iran, and America protected my empire.  Finally, Nuclear war was inevitable.

(Chapter 21: WW3 - Eye of the Pharaoh, c.1990 MJC). 
- That's "acquired" not "developed."