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December 25, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

The Curious Case of Iran’s Destroyed Nuclear Site

On October 26 2024, the day after Israel conducted a massive counterstrike against Iranian missile and military sites, open-source sleuths noticed something strange: A building was unexpectedly missing...

August 29, 2022 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

Rafael Grossi Is the Last Man Standing For Nonproliferation

Despite pressure from various sides, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency won’t let Iran off the hook.

May 31, 2022 | Jacob Nagel, Richard Goldberg

Don’t Let Iran Humiliate the IAEA Again

New reporting and an IAEA assessment reveal that Iran is in violation of both the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the JCPOA.

February 18, 2022 | Jacob Nagel |

West is on verge of signing ‘surrender pact’ with Iran

The Europeans are again kowtowing to American pressure while the Russians and Chinese are wringing their hands gleefully.

November 20, 2019 | Olli Heinonen |

Presence of Undeclared Natural Uranium at the Turquz-Abad Nuclear Weaponization Storage Location

Overview As confirmed during a special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on November 7, 2019, the IAEA reported the finding of multiple particles of natural uranium...

May 10, 2018 | Sheryl Saperia |

Full Comment: Iran lied to get a deal that we can’t enforce anyway

Israel has just pulled off a spectacular covert mission to extract from a warehouse in southern Tehran 55,000 pages and 183 CDs of secret Iranian files detailing that country’s nuclear prog...

October 16, 2017 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Trump throws a Hail Mary pass against Iran

President Trump has finally decertified his predecessor's nuclear agreement with Iran. Twice before, in April and July, Trump certified, per the requirement in the 2015 Iran Nuclear Review A...

October 10, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

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

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March 7, 2016 | Olli Heinonen |

IAEA: Iran Nuke Deal Limits Public Reporting on Possible Violations

The head of the international community’s nuclear watchdog organization disclosed Monday that certain agreements reached under the Iran nuclear deal limit inspectors from publicly reporting...

December 4, 2015 | |

Deciphering the IAEA Report on Iran’s PMD

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials presented their report Wednesday to the agency’s Board of Governor...

July 2, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz |

The Iran Watchers

Making a dramatic visit to Tehran days before the July 7 deadline for a nuclear deal, the head of an international atomic watchdog agency has emerged as a central figure in the effort to stop Ira...

February 20, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Why The U.S. Can’t Trust Iran And Its Nuclear Plans

The Obama Administration insists Iran has honored its inter...

November 19, 2014 | Mark Dubowitz

Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means for Global Security

Download the full testimony text here Chairman...

November 19, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

Betting on Iran

Negotiations with Iran are set to conclude on Nov. 24th. What are the odds they will end with Iran’s rulers agreeing to verifiably dismantle their illicit nuclear weapons program...

December 21, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi Standpoint |

Tackling Tehran

With each passing month, Iran appears closer to the nuclear capability threshold everyone expects to be a regional game-changer. With diplomacy unable to yield a desirable comprom...

November 28, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Mark Dubowitz Forbes

Sanctions On Iran: How Washington Can End The Game Of ‘Catch Me If You Can’

Since the European Union announced a new round of sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program last October, it has enacted new measures and an imp...

November 26, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi The Jewish Chronicle |

Iran: Nuclear Moment of Truth Nears

In September, when Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, famously showed the United Nations General Assembly a crude picture of a bomb to highlight Iran’s proximity to nuclear...

June 16, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran Talks Resemble Mood Swings of a Manic Depressive

In recent weeks, public discussion about ongoing negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 — the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany — has experienced the same...

June 6, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

In Nuclear Talks, Iran Plays the Victim Card

With the third round of nuclear talks approaching, Iranian senior figures are taking turns to the airwaves to present a well-rehearsed, grievance-filled version of the issues at stake in their cu...

May 29, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Sorry Baroness Ashton, Iran Won’t Concede in Baghdad

When, over a year ago, tensions began to publicly surface between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, the Western press concluded that Ahmadinejad...