Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Iran must notify about new enrichment facilities

A regime official threatened this week that Iran would enrich uranium to higher levels or withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty should European countries retain missile-related...

U.S. Denies Reports of Cash Offers to Iran for Limited Enrichment Concessions

Multiple reports this week suggest the United States is offering financial incentives to the Islamic Republic of Iran in exchange for Tehran slowing its production of enriched uranium. On June 7, Haaretz...

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...

Without Evidence, Iran Denies Reports It Enriched Uranium to Near Weapons-Grade

Latest Developments Iran yesterday and today denied reports attributed to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by diplomatic sources that Tehran had enriched uranium to 84 percent purity — just...

Iran Enriching Uranium to Near Weapons-Grade

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has detected Iran’s enrichment of uranium to 84-percent purity at the Fordow underground facility, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday....

Strategy for a New Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Iran

In 2023, Washington Can’t Neglect Iran

Strategic neglect in America’s Iran policy will lead to far worse results as the regime murders innocents at home, assists Russia’s slaughter of Ukrainians abroad, and marches toward nuclear weapons.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December

IAEA Board Votes to Censure Iran, but Accountability Requires a Snapback of UN Sanctions

On Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors voted to censure Iran for prolonged non-compliance with Tehran’s obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October

The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report – September 2022

Excerpt Background Iran has consistently violated its obligations under its comprehensive safeguards agreement (CSA), a key part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to cooperate with the International...

Another Iran Deal? Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Five Minutes from Disaster

The U.S. is offering Iran the deal of the millennium, and yet the Islamic Republic—and Russia—want more concessions.

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.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: August

The IAEA Needs Access to Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plant. Biden Can Help.

Since Russia seized the plant in March, the safety and security of the plant have been in jeopardy.

Iran Is in Position for a Surprise Nuclear Breakout

No wonder it’s in no rush to renegotiate a nuclear deal.

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...

Biden throws Putin a nuclear lifeline

The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has significantly encumbered the Biden administration’s drive to reach a renewed Iran nuclear deal. Seeing an opportunity to build leverage against the United...

A chance for a ‘longer and stronger’ deal, rather than a contract of capitulation

The halt to the Vienna nuclear talks due to Russia's demand that sanctions on it exclude trade with Iran, have led to a watershed moment to expose the dangers of the deal.