Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament
The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security
Olli Heinonen
Detecting and Halting an Iranian Weaponization Effort
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Memos
The Curious Case of Iran’s Destroyed Nuclear Site
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...
Op-eds
Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb
Monographs
Letter on Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s request for uranium enrichment
Dear Mr. President, As a bipartisan group of Middle East regional and nuclear nonproliferation...
Memos
Twenty Years Later, Iran Remains In Non-Compliance With Its Nuclear Nonproliferation Obligations
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.
Op-eds
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...
Flash Briefs
Letter on Russia’s illegal seizure and mistreatment of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant
Memos
Another Iran Deal? Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Memos
Iran Approaches the Nuclear Threshold
Washington’s Narrowing Policy Options
Memos
International Atomic Energy Agency
Biden Administration Should Ascertain the Status of Iran’s Arak Reactor
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...
Policy Briefs
Presence of Undeclared Natural Uranium at the Turquz-Abad Nuclear Weaponization Storage Location
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...
Memos
Andrea Stricker Joins the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as Research Fellow on Nonproliferation and Iran
(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...
Press Releases
Iran is once again trying to blackmail the world for billions – we can’t give in
Iran is once again trying to blackmail the world for billions of dollars, after announcing that it is beginning work to develop centrifuges to accelerate uranium enrichment – a step needed to start producing nuclear...
Op-eds
Action must be taken to address new information on Iran’s breaches of nuclear accords
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Britain, along with the EU’s foreign policy chief, issued a statement in early June. In it, they expressed “deep concern that Iran is not meeting several...
Op-eds
Politics vs. Protocol: Iran’s Nuclear Archive and the IAEA’s Responsibilities
Monographs
What to do with the crown jewels of Iran’s nuclear program
Excerpt: Israel’s acquisition in early 2018 of a si...
Op-eds
Shock Wave Generator for Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program
More than a Feasibility Study.
Monographs
Iran Faces Difficult Choice After U.S. Narrows Nuclear Sanctions Waivers
The U.S. government on Friday renewed only five out of the seven...