From bluster to railways: Iran tones down talk of attacking Israel
The regime has appeared to shift gears, at least in rhetoric, since the US election on November 5.
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UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Planning Imminent Visit to Tehran
Grossi Seeks New Cooperation with Iranian Officials on Nuclear Program: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said on November 6 that he may travel...
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U.S. Officials Cold-Shoulder Iranian Offer of Nuclear Talks
Citing Iran’s “nuclear escalations,” the White House signaled on August 27 that it was unlikely to revive the defunct 2015 nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic...
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Iran Could Declare Itself Nuclear Weapons State by Year’s End, Top U.S. Lawmaker Says
Iran could “declare itself a nuclear weapon state by the end of the year,” Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, stated on August 18. The “flexibility...
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Iran: The Next Nuclear Weapons State?
U.S. Intelligence Community Drops a Bombshell Regarding Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Work: An astonishing U.S. intelligence report just revealed a grim truth: The Islamic Republic of Iran may...
Op-eds
U.S. Conducts Secret, Indirect Talks With Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator
The United States conducted indirect talks with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator last week, the Associated Press (AP) reported on May 21. The talks — which Axios first reported...
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IAEA Chief’s Visit to Iran Fails to Sway Tehran on Nuclear Cooperation
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) returned from a two-day visit to Iran on May 7 without reaching an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear activities....
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IAEA Director General May Attend Iran Nuclear Technology Conference
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammed Eslami, claimed on May 1 that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi will attend...
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Tehran’s weapons of mass distraction
They conceal Tehran’s development of weapons of mass destruction
Op-eds
Washington Fails — Again — To Gauge Iran’s Nuclear Threat
In sum, while the ODNI’s report paints a picture of a more capable Islamic Republic with an expanding nuclear program, policymakers’ motivation and ability to check this challenge will stem first and foremost from accurately understanding it.
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Former Iranian Official Hints at Nuclear Weapons Program
Tehran maintains a nuclear weapons program, a former senior Iranian official appeared to suggest in an interview broadcast on February 12. Iran has crossed “all the thresholds...
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Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — November 2023
For the second time in two years, America finds itself providing military support to a friend in the wake of aggression. Within days of Hamas’ attack on Israel, American munitions began flowing to the...
Op-eds
Iran’s Nuclear Program Expands Despite U.S. Sanctions Relief
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, reported new data on Wednesday indicating Tehran has expanded its nuclear program since September. The Islamic Republic’s nuclear...
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How Iran’s Regime Is Threatened by Its Clerics
A new wrinkle in the Islamic Republic’s continuing political crisis
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Ambiguity Surrounds Iran’s Purported Nuclear Concessions
Latest Developments The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today that Iran’s ostensible nuclear concessions over the weekend are still subject to negotiations. Rafael...
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The Quiet War between Israel and Iran
Iran's Hegemonic Drive
Op-eds
It’s Time to Respond to Iran’s Bad-Faith Negotiations
The Islamic Republic has flouted its nonproliferation obligations and is moving closer to the nuclear threshold.
Op-eds
The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report – May 2022
Excerpt “Unless and until Iran provides technically credible explanations…the Agency cannot confirm the correctness and completeness of Iran’s declarations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement.” -International...
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Iran’s Centrifuge Manufacturing Goes Underground
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported last week that Iran is concentrating its centrifuge production equipment at two centrifuge manufacturing facilities — both likely located beneath...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the IAEA’s New Iran Agreement
The agency’s head has vowed not to close a four-year-old investigation of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear work. Does he mean it this time?