Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research

June 20, 2025 | |

Israel Eliminates Additional Nuclear Weapons Facilities, Internal Security Forces in Iran

Nuclear-Related Facilities Destroyed: The IDF reported striking Iran’s SPND headquarters in Tehran for a second time this week in addition to sites related to Iran’s production...

June 20, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Israel reportedly eliminates nuclear scientist, expands messaging campaign (June 20 updates)

Israel expanded its campaign against Iran with strikes on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites, missile infrastructure, and nuclear-linked facilities, reportedly killing a nuclear scientist in...

June 15, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

Israel May Need U.S. Help to Take Out Key Iranian Nuclear Site Before Disaster Strikes

Iran is relocating its enriched uranium stocks for protection against Israeli strikes and will not tell the UN’s nuclear watchdog where, the nation’s deputy foreign minister said Saturday. The move...

June 14, 2025 | Bridget Toomey, Andrea Stricker

The 9 Iranian Nuclear Scientists Israel Has Eliminated

By Bridget Toomey and Andrea Stricker To stop Iran’s drive to build nuclear weapons, Israel eliminated nine top scientists and experts whose knowledge was critical to Tehran’s initiative. Israel...

February 19, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

Detecting and Halting an Iranian Weaponization Effort

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June 18, 2024 | |

U.S., Israel Investigate Iranian Nuclear Modeling

The U.S. and Israeli governments are investigating new intelligence about Iranian computer modeling activities that could support the research and development of nuclear weapons,...

January 10, 2023 | Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie

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

December 1, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Quiet War between Israel and Iran

Iran's Hegemonic Drive

August 18, 2022 | Jacob Nagel, Jonathan Schanzer

Another Iran Deal? Looking Back and Looking Ahead

November 17, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

A Sign That Iran Is Still Pursuing Nukes

Iranian media have reported on the identity of the new head of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear research institute.

May 3, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran sought nuclear weapons, technology for WMDs last year, reports find

Findings likely to animate broader discussion about whether US should return to Iran nuclear deal

March 3, 2021 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden Risks Repeating Mistakes of the Past if He Ignores the Evidence on Iran

The Islamic Republic has a long track record of willfully concealing its nuclear activities in violation of its treaty obligations.

December 5, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Parsing Iranian Responses to the Killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi

2020 has proven to be a tough year for the Islamic Republic of Iran. It began with the killing of its most important general and terrorist mastermind, Qassem Soleimani, and now appears to be ending...

December 3, 2020 | Andrea Stricker |

Fakhrizadeh Assassination Underscores Iran’s Refusal to Come Clean About Nuclear Weapons Activities

The assassination last week of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh eliminated the leading source of institutional knowledge about the Tehran regime’s once-flourishing nuclear weapons program....

May 8, 2019 | David Albright, Olli Heinonen

Shock Wave Generator for Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program

More than a Feasibility Study.

April 2, 2019 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen, Frank Pabian, Andrea Stricker

Project Midan

Developing and Building an Underground Nuclear Test Site in Iran

March 25, 2019 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

U.S. increases pressure on Iran with slate of nuclear sanctions

The State and ...

October 29, 2018 | David Albright, Olli Heinonen, Andrea Stricker

Breaking Up and Reorienting Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program

Iran’s Nuclear Archive Shows the 2003 Restructuring of its Nuclear Weapons Program, then called the AMAD Program, into Covert and Overt Parts

October 23, 2018 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen, Frank Pabian

New Information about the Parchin Site

What the Atomic Archive Reveals About Iran’s Past Nuclear Weapons Related High Explosive Work at the Parchin High Explosive Test Site

February 10, 2015 | John Hannah |

How Congress Became the Fall Guy for Obama’s Iran Deal

One of the more astounding features of the current controversy over the Iran nuclear negotiations is the extent to which Congress is being set up to take the blame if the...