Uranium enrichment

July 31, 2026 | Andrea Stricker, Tyler Stapleton

If the Saudis want a nuclear arsenal, Trump’s new deal might just give it to them

President Donald Trump made waves the day after his administration announced a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. He conditioned the deal on Riyadh joining the Abraham...

July 24, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Trump Throws Cold Water on U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal

Following the announcement of a U.S.-Saudi nuclear cooperation agreement, President Donald Trump is now raising doubts over it. In a Truth Social post on July 23, one day after news of the agreement,...

July 20, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Iran is rebuilding its nuclear program underground. Will Trump take it out?

“We’re going to take out Pickaxe Mountain. Tell the Iranians to be ready,” President Donald Trump declared Monday on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. The regime in Tehran never learns,...

July 8, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Iran Continues Work at Key Nuclear Site, Violating U.S.-Iran Agreement

New analysis of satellite imagery indicates that Iran is continuing construction at the deeply buried nuclear facility known as Pickaxe Mountain, in violation of the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding...

June 24, 2026 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

To Police Any New Nuclear Deal, IAEA Access Is Needed — Urgently

Will the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, journey to Iran following the inking of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Tehran and Washington? According to Vice...

June 16, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Dilution Is Not the Solution: Disposing of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile

The critical question of how to handle Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile will be addressed in a long-term peace agreement between the United States and Iran, to be negotiated over the 60 days following...

June 12, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Iran’s Nuclear Enrichment Progress: 2008-2025 and Beyond

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June 9, 2026 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, Andrea Stricker

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring and NPT Safeguards Reports — June 2026

Excerpt This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly report, dated June 4, 2026: Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement...

May 29, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

6 Essential Requirements for a Good Iran Nuclear Deal

A new U.S.-Iran nuclear deal may soon emerge — or at least an initial memorandum of understanding (MOU) to be fleshed out over 60 days. President Donald Trump pledged on May 27 that the United States...

May 6, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Oversights Mar Low-End Estimate of Tehran’s Nuclear Weapons Timeline

U.S. intelligence assessments have concluded that Iran is now 9 to12 months away from being able to build a nuclear weapon, according to a Reuters report. Taken at face value, the report would indicate...

April 15, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Trump Rebukes U.S. Proposal for 20-Year Moratorium on Iran’s Uranium Enrichment

“I’ve been saying they can’t have nuclear weapons … so I don’t like the 20 years,” President Donald Trump told the New York Post on April 14. The president was responding to reports that...

April 10, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Trump must secure Iran’s irreversible nuclear dismantlement or resume strikes

The United States and Israel have delivered a near-devastating blow to the Iranian regime. In a sustained campaign of precision strikes, they have crippled Iran’s top military and political leadership,...

December 22, 2025 | |

Iran Reportedly Conducts Ballistic Missile Drills

Latest Developments New Ballistic Missile Drills: Iran reportedly held several missile drills in various cities around the country on December 22, the second such exercise involving the regime’s...

December 10, 2025 | Mark Dubowitz, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Miad Maleki, Andrea Stricker

8 Reasons Why the U.S. Must Maintain a Ban on Iran’s Uranium Enrichment and Plutonium Reprocessing

The United States and the international community have spent decades trying to restrict Iran’s uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing capabilities given the regime’s threats against the West...

June 13, 2025 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

Nuclear Cooperation Among the ‘Axis of Aggressors’: An Emerging Threat

March 14, 2025 | Orde Kittrie, Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

March 12, 2024 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Going Nuclear on Rosatom

Ending Global Dependence on Putin's Nuclear Energy Sector

August 7, 2023 | Richard Goldberg, Anthony Ruggiero, Andrea Stricker

FDD Supplemental Iran Nuclear Assessment to ODNI Annual Report 

On July 10, 2023, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published a report for Congress about Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities, as required by law.1 “Iran is not currently...

February 3, 2023 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

Ending Global Reliance on Russia’s Nuclear Energy Sector

April 11, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Scare Tehran, Please

Is Barack Obama’s threat of preventive military action against the Iranian regime’s nuclear program credible? Would a one-year, six-month, or even three-month nuclear breakout capacit...