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Exploring the diplomatic challenges of US nuclear policy towards Iran and the USSR's past.

On June 22, 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pledge to try to avoid nuclear war.

On This Day: Nixon, Brezhnev sign nuclear pact On June 22, 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pledge to try to avoid nuclear war.