Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Biden’s Coming Iran Deal Will Be Even Worse than Obama’s

What the U.S. is agreeing to in Vienna is a shorter and weaker agreement that provides even more sanctions relief in exchange for fewer restrictions.

Iran Approaches the Nuclear Threshold

Washington’s Narrowing Policy Options

The New Worst Deal in History

Iran was under extreme pressure a year ago. Now it’s on the verge of a deal with better terms than the original JCPOA.

IAEA Makes Vital Push for Improved Safeguards

The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is spearheading a campaign to improve the agency’s ability to detect potential nuclear weapons development by member states. This...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: February

Iran Nuclear Talks in Vienna Won’t Result in a Better Deal

The nuclear negotiations in Vienna continue. The Iranians are setting the tone and pace while the Americans struggle to keep alive the possibility of a deal. The Israelis—for whom these talks will have...

Biden saves Iran from itself

President Joe Biden came into office pledging to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal quickly and then negotiate a follow-on agreement to address the deal’s many flaws. A year later, he’s laying the groundwork...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: January

Israel must not support a temporary Iranian nuclear deal

The US wants to maintain the fictitious image of progress toward a diplomatic solution, albeit a temporary one, at any cost. Such a deal will likely be very bad.

The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report – November 2021

Excerpt The Director General remains deeply concerned that nuclear material has been present at three undeclared locations in Iran and that the current locations of this nuclear material are not known to...

‘Less for More’ Is the Worst Deal of All

After six months of stalling nuclear talks and expanding its nuclear weapons program, the Islamic Republic of Iran is signaling a return to negotiations in November. The objective, per Washington’s...

It’s Decision Time on Iran

The Islamic Republic is advancing both the enrichment and weaponization tracks needed to build a bomb.

China and Russia Blame America for a ‘New Cold War’

The two countries continue to bolster each other’s hand against the U.S. and its allies.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report – September 2021

Excerpt This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly safeguards report for September 7, 2021, Verification and monitoring in the Islamic...

Biden Must Censure Iran for Its Nuclear Misconduct

Ahead of the board’s next meeting, Biden should put forward a strong IAEA resolution that censures Iran and demands immediate compliance with the IAEA’s investigation, among other things.

How Biden can escape the self-created nuclear impasse

Despite the Biden administration’s efforts to finalize an agreement before the inauguration of Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s new president, Tehran has refused to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, also known...

Iran’s Latest Nuclear Escalation Exposes Biden’s Failed Iran Policy

Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Tuesday informed the IAEA Board of Governors that Iran will use indigenously enriched uranium to produce uranium...

Iranian presidential selection paves new path for nuclear extortion

Following a performative election on June 18, Iran will have a new president: the hard-line Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi’s rise will likely mean a different nuclear negotiating team after August in Vienna,...

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