The Joint Commission

October 22, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Iran’s Nuclear Extortion Continues

Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), recently proclaimed that the Islamic Republic is ahead of schedule on a parliamentary mandate to enrich 120 kg of uranium to 20 percent...

April 16, 2021 | Andrea Stricker, Jacob Nagel

Washington Must Confront Iran Over Sensitive Nuclear Work

With Israel’s alleged covert action against Iran’s Natanz enrichment plant on April 11, Tehran’s latest breaches of the 2015 nuclear deal are in danger of premature burial by the news cycle. Yet the...

March 25, 2021 | Richard Goldberg, Anthony Ruggiero

Iran must come clean on its nuclear deception

President Joe Biden’s Iran policy centers on the notion of “compliance for compliance” — if Iran returns to compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the United States will...

August 26, 2020 | Richard Goldberg |

Debunking the Legal Argument Against a U.S. Snapback

The United States sent a letter to the UN Security Council last week alleging that Iran was in “significant non-performance” of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint...

May 14, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn, Allyson Gaines

Obama Officials Support U.S. Unilateral Snapback of Iran Sanctions

When Iran and world powers concluded the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Barack Obama and senior officials in his administration repeatedly...

April 2, 2020 | Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu

More Evidence Suggests Iran’s Nuclear Shopping Sprees Persist

When it comes to the regime in Iran, the adage “old habits die hard” could not be truer. Even amid a negligent and botched response to the coronavirus pandemic, Tehran’s leaders are investing precious...

December 9, 2019 | Andrea Stricker |

Washington Should Threaten Sanctions Against Buyers of Iran’s Heavy Water

Nuclear inspectors reported in late November that Iran had exceeded the 2015 nuclear deal’s limit on stockpiles of heavy water, a commodity employed in nuclear reactors. This move is part of the Iranian...

October 10, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

(Mis)Reading the IAEA reports on Iran’s nuclear program

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September 20, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

Iran Is Not in ‘Technical Compliance’ with the JCPOA

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared on Sunday that Iran is in &ld...

September 18, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn

Certifying Iran’s Compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

FDD Research Memo

August 31, 2017 | Olli Heinonen |

Verifying Section T of the Iran Nuclear Deal

FDD Research Memo

January 10, 2017 | Olli Heinonen |

Iran Stockpiling Uranium Far Above Current Needs

In a televised speech on January 1, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani...

April 28, 2016 | Olli Heinonen |

IAEA Takes a Light Touch on Iran’s Heavy Water

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the international community...

September 18, 2015 | |

Isolation at the U.N.

In defending the Iran nuclear deal to Congress, President Obama and his staff argued repeatedly that rejection would leave America in dire isolation at the United Nations. Obama can now relax. Ha...

September 16, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

The Iran Deal and its Impact on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

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August 18, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz |

How to Get a Better Deal With Iran

The Iran nuclear deal is a ticking time bomb. Its key provisions sunset too quickly, and it grants Iran too much leverage to engage in nuclear blackmail. To defuse it, Congress needs to do what i...

August 5, 2015 | Juan C. Zarate

The Implications of Sanctions Relief Under the Iran Agreement

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August 4, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz

The Implications of Sanctions Relief Under the Iran Agreement

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July 29, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European Companies: Enter The Iranian Market At Your Own Risk

With the signing of an Iranian nuclear agreement earlier this month, European companies along with leading politicians have moved at astonishingly fast pace to enter Iran’s markets. However...

July 17, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

How Will We Know?

One might think that after the last Iraq war Democrats would be wary of allowing intelligence to dictate policy. Yet that is effectively what Barack Obama has done with the Joint Comprehensive Pl...