On October 26 2024, the day after Israel conducted a massive counterstrike against Iranian missile and military sites, open-source sleuths noticed something strange: A building was unexpectedly missing...
Sept. 12 will mark the 20th anniversary of the first resolution criticizing Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) board of governors.
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...
The Biden administration says it wants to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal because the accord seals off Tehran’s pathways to nuclear weapons, one of which involves plutonium. Yet the accord will not...
Overview As confirmed during a special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on November 7, 2019, the IAEA reported the finding of multiple particles of natural uranium...
(Washington, D.C., October 4, 2019) – Andrea Stricker has joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as a research fellow focusing on nonproliferation, Iran, North Korea, and other security topics. Stricker...
The Trump administration must persuade Democrats and foreign allies to counter the regime’s aggression.
The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will meet in Vienna beginning on September 10 and will receive briefings beforehand from the IAEA secretariat. The upcoming meet...
Last week, the European Union issued a statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear weapons deal concluded with Iran’s rulers, from which President Trump withdrew three...
FDD senior advisor on science and nonproliferation Olli Heinonen joined Bloomberg TV to discuss Secretary Pompeo’s visit to Pyongyang following the Singapore summit. Read the i...
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Co-authored by Brig. Gen. (Res.) Prof. Jacob Nagel - FDD Research Memo
Donald Trump is not punting Iran problems down the road
It was surely Barack Obama’s profound aversion to the use of American military power that so enfeebled his nuclear diplomacy and made his atomic accord with Iran the worst arms-control agre...
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Washington, D.C., October 30, 2017 – Following President Donald Trump’s decision to refrain from certifying Iran’s compliance with the Iran nuclear deal under the Congressionall...
President Trump made a tough call last week. European diplomats and an “echo chamber” in the mainstream med...
President Trump has finally decertified his predecessor's nuclear agreement with Iran. Twice before, in April and July, Trump certified, per the requirement in the 2015 Iran Nuclear Review A...
Bloomberg News reported a doubling of nuclear inspections in Ir...
FDD Senior Advisor on Science and Nonproliferation Olli Heinonen discusses reopening inquiry into Iran's nuclear weapons research. ...