Summary of Report: Project Midan
Building an Underground Nuclear Test Site in Iran
Olli Heinonen
Project Midan
Developing and Building an Underground Nuclear Test Site in Iran
Monographs
No Accountability for Iran’s Nuclear Violators
That Tehran believed it was necessary to preserve information in an extensive warehouse reinforces concerns that it has never abandoned its ambitions to develop nuclear weapons.
Op-eds
A Key Missing Piece of the Amad Puzzle
The Shahid Boroujerdi Project for Production of Uranium Metal & Nuclear Weapons Components
Monographs
Tehran Counts on a Divided West
The Trump administration must persuade Democrats and foreign allies to counter the regime’s aggression.
Op-eds
IAEA Still Needs to Investigate Military Dimension of Iran’s Nuclear Program
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...
Monographs
Imagining the Islamic Republic
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...
Op-eds
Bloomberg TV
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...
Op-eds
FDD study: IAEA Obligated to Investigate Military Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program
FDD Press
Press Releases
Deal or No Deal, The IAEA Must Monitor Iran’s Nuclear Program
Co-authored by Brig. Gen. (Res.) Prof. Jacob Nagel - FDD Research Memo
Memos
Obama administration sold a bad Iran nuclear deal to the American public
Donald Trump is not punting Iran problems down the road
Op-eds
The Iran Deal Is Strategically and Morally Absurd
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...
Op-eds
The IAEA’s Right and Obligation to Inspect Military Facilities in Iran
FDD Research
Memos
Former Government Officials and Experts Support Efforts to Fix Iran Nuclear Deal
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...
Press Releases
Trump’s third way
President Trump made a tough call last week. European diplomats and an “echo chamber” in the mainstream med...
Op-eds
Trump throws a Hail Mary pass against Iran
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...
Op-eds
IAEA Inspections in Iran under the JCPOA
Bloomberg News reported a doubling of nuclear inspections in Ir...
Policy Briefs
America’s News HQ
FDD Senior Advisor on Science and Nonproliferation Olli Heinonen discusses reopening inquiry into Iran's nuclear weapons research. ...
Op-eds
Assessing the Iran Deal
Download the full testimony here. Pres...
Congressional Testimonies
Iran’s missile tests reveal weaknesses of UN Security Council Resolution
Iran’s latest missile test on January 29 received a swift response, as warranted. The United Nations Security Council...