Isfahan Province

June 9, 2026 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, Andrea Stricker

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring and NPT Safeguards Reports — June 2026

Excerpt This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly report, dated June 4, 2026: Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement...

April 15, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Trump Rebukes U.S. Proposal for 20-Year Moratorium on Iran’s Uranium Enrichment

“I’ve been saying they can’t have nuclear weapons … so I don’t like the 20 years,” President Donald Trump told the New York Post on April 14. The president was responding to reports that...

December 22, 2025 | |

Iran Reportedly Conducts Ballistic Missile Drills

Latest Developments New Ballistic Missile Drills: Iran reportedly held several missile drills in various cities around the country on December 22, the second such exercise involving the regime’s...

November 20, 2025 | |

IAEA Passes Resolution Demanding Information on Status of Iranian Nuclear Sites, Enriched Uranium Stock

IAEA Seeks Answers From Tehran: The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, passed a resolution on November...

July 31, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

A Thirsty Iran Provides an Opening for the U.S.

Rivers are running dry, cities are shutting down, and Iranians know who to blame for their parched land: the tyrants in Tehran. From July 25-29, protests erupted across towns in Iran’s northern, northeastern,...

July 29, 2025 | |

‘They Are After Your Religion and Your Knowledge’: Khamenei Accuses West of Using Nuclear Concerns to Undermine Islamic Republic

Excuses for Confrontation: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused Western countries of confronting the Islamic Republic itself under the pretext of concern over...

June 30, 2025 | |

‘A Matter of Months’: IAEA Chief Issues Iran Uranium Enrichment Warning

Grossi’s Warning: Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned that Iran could begin enriching uranium within months after both the...

June 27, 2025 | |

Iranian Foreign Minister Concedes Nuclear Facilities ‘Seriously Damaged’ by Israeli, U.S. Strikes

Latest Developments Araghchi Says Nuclear Program Sustained Damage: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi conceded on June 26 that Iran’s nuclear facilities had been severely damaged by U.S. and...

June 24, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

After the Ceasefire, Will Iran Abandon its ‘Axis of Resistance’?

The Decline of Iran’s Proxies: How Tehran’s Regional Power Crumbled ...

June 24, 2025 | |

Iran Pledges to Restore Its Nuclear Program in Wake of U.S., Israeli Strikes

Push for Nuclear Reconstitution: Iran will seek to restore its nuclear facilities to full strength in the wake of a 12-day Israeli and U.S. bombing campaign, which severely degraded...

June 23, 2025 | Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

U.S. Strikes Nuclear Sites, Iran Retaliates With Ballistic Missiles

By Ryan Brobst and Bradley Bowman Iran attacked U.S. forces in Qatar with ballistic missiles on June 23, two days after U.S. precision strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran inflicted serious damage...

June 22, 2025 | |

Iran Launches Dozens of Missiles at Israeli Civilians After U.S. Strikes on Nuclear Facilities

Iran Retaliates After American Attack: Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Israeli civilian population centers on June 22 following the United States’ overnight strikes...

June 21, 2025 | |

‘Completely and Totally Obliterated’: U.S. Strikes Iranian Nuclear Facilities, Including Underground Fordow Enrichment Site

U.S. Bombs Iran: The United States bombed three key Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, including the heavily fortified, underground nuclear enrichment facility at Fordow, the...

June 14, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Ben Cohen

Iran’s lies about its nuclear plans finally at an end

Iran’s nuclear weapons strategy lies in tatters in the wake of this week’s extensive, and ongoing, targeted Israeli strikes.  Ever since the Islamic Regime’s clandestine program to obtain...

January 22, 2025 | Jacob Nagel |

Israel must prepare for confrontation with Iran after Trump inauguration

Until all facilities and capabilities are dismantled by Iran, willingly or by external forces, Trump administration must return to the “maximum pressure” program.

December 3, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November

October 19, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The IRGC runs for high office in Tehran

It’s not every day that a former hostage-taker and a man essential to the founding of a designated terrorist organization throws his hat into the ring for president, not even in the Islamic Republic of...

June 20, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn |

Meet the Iranian Police Who Enforce Iran’s Islamist Ideology

In the wake of more than 20 deaths that punctuated the early days of Iran’s nationwide protests, the country’s police chief boldly identified the principal provocateurs. Iranians,&nbs...

June 20, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Book Review: ‘A Time to Attack’ By Matthew Kroenig

Here's a prediction: Next month in Vienna, Iran and the P5+1 world powers will extend the interim agreement they struck six months ago on Iran's nuclear program. Secretary of State&nbsp...

February 23, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Can Israel Take Out Iran’s Nuclear Facilities?

In the past week, competing analyses have appeared in the German daily Die Welt and the New York Times, supporting vastly different conclusions about how much the Israeli milita...