Rafael Grossi

November 14, 2024 | |

Europeans Urge UN Nuclear Agency to Adopt Resolution Pressuring Iran Over Non-Compliance

Europeans Urge Nuclear Watchdog Resolution on Iran: European members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are calling for a new resolution against Iran for its lack...

November 7, 2024 | |

UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Planning Imminent Visit to Tehran

Grossi Seeks New Cooperation with Iranian Officials on Nuclear Program: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said on November 6 that he may travel...

August 29, 2024 | Orde Kittrie, Bradley Bowman, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb

August 12, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

Iran: The Next Nuclear Weapons State?

U.S. Intelligence Community Drops a Bombshell Regarding Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Work: An astonishing U.S. intelligence report just revealed a grim truth: The Islamic Republic of Iran may...

June 17, 2024 | |

IAEA Chief Says 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Means Nothing,’ Touts Iran’s Cooperation with Russia

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi told Russian state media that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal “exists only on paper and means nothing” in...

May 22, 2024 | |

U.S. Conducts Secret, Indirect Talks With Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator

The United States conducted indirect talks with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator last week, the Associated Press (AP) reported on May 21. The talks — which Axios first reported...

May 7, 2024 | |

IAEA Chief’s Visit to Iran Fails to Sway Tehran on Nuclear Cooperation

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) returned from a two-day visit to Iran on May 7 without reaching an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear activities....

May 1, 2024 | |

IAEA Director General May Attend Iran Nuclear Technology Conference

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammed Eslami, claimed on May 1 that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi will attend...

April 17, 2024 | |

Iran Briefly Closed Nuclear Facilities to IAEA Inspectors

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on April 15 that Iran briefly closed its nuclear facilities to inspectors the day before amid security concerns about possible Israeli...

April 12, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

­IAEA Condemns Drone Strikes on Russian-Occupied Ukrainian Nuclear Plant

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi on April 11 condemned three recent drone strikes on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), although it remains unclear...

April 3, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Tehran’s weapons of mass distraction

They conceal Tehran’s development of weapons of mass destruction

March 12, 2024 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Going Nuclear on Rosatom

Ending Global Dependence on Putin's Nuclear Energy Sector

February 13, 2024 | |

Former Iranian Official Hints at Nuclear Weapons Program

Tehran maintains a nuclear weapons program, a former senior Iranian official appeared to suggest in an interview broadcast on February 12. Iran has crossed “all the thresholds...

February 7, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Andrea Stricker

Exploiting America’s Declining Pressure: Iran’s Nuclear Escalation Over Time

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December 6, 2023 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

Radioactive: Executives from Russia’s Rosatom Corporation May Qualify for U.S. Sanctions

November 20, 2023 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, Andrea Stricker

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — November 2023

For the second time in two years, America finds itself providing military support to a friend in the wake of aggression. Within days of Hamas’ attack on Israel, American munitions began flowing to the...

September 29, 2023 | Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Andrea Stricker

Hold Iran accountable for expelling nuclear inspectors

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear provocations continue to mount. The clerical regime on Sept. 16 barred one-third of all International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors from the country’s...

September 18, 2023 | |

IAEA Loses Sight of Iran’s Nuclear Program as Hostages-For-Prisoners Exchange Proceeds

Latest Developments The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) condemned Tehran on September 16 for barring about one-third of the agency’s inspectors from Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran made...

September 8, 2023 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, Andrea Stricker

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report – September 2023

This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly report, dated September 4, 2023, Verification and monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 (2015), including Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

June 15, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

Don’t Stop Digging Into Iran’s Nuclear Secrets

Few Americans have probably heard of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog. Last week, the IAEA’s board of governors convened in Vienna to hear from its director...